HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION WITH FOCUSING ON INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION: A STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW

Authors

  • Zahra Fattahi Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran
  • Javad Behnamian Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2021.28.4.6783

Keywords:

Intermodal transportation, Hazardous materials, Risk assessment, Literature review

Abstract

Transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) is one of the most critical issues in transportation planning that involves multiple risks to the physical and social environments. Any improvements in it reduce not only environmental costs but also reduces external transport costs (e.g., reduces the risk of accidents which, in addition to environmental impact, also affects external costs). Besides, multi-modal transportation as a main part of transportation uses multiple modes (e.g., rail, ship, truck, air) to transport freight. If the containers carry hazmat, the government regulates their transportation due to the associated risks. Many researchers have studied the risk assessment of hazmat transportation to find ways for reducing hazardous material transportation risks. In this regard, the intermodal models and unimodal problems for hazmat transportation were studied by some researchers. In this study, after pointing out the importance of hazmat intermodal transportation and risks, the research related to hazmat intermodal transportation, including routing and scheduling, intermodal transportation, and location-routing problems. Then the reviewed literature is quantified and measured. Finally, the paper concludes by presenting some problems receiving less attention than the others and proposes several research opportunities in the field.

Author Biography

Javad Behnamian, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran

J. Behnamian obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Currently, he is an associate professor at Industrial Engineering Department, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran. His main research areas are:  production scheduling, distributed systems, multicriteria decision making, and soft computing.

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Published

2021-12-07

How to Cite

Fattahi, Z., & Behnamian, J. (2021). HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION WITH FOCUSING ON INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION: A STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW. International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice, 28(4). https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2021.28.4.6783

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 4 (2021)

Section

Logistics and Material Handling

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