Transportation Processes
There are many transportation processes and modes involved in the supply chain of both coal and manufactured electronic goods although many of these processes differ when comparing the two. The multimodal transportation of coal from the mining site in Australia to the end users in china is a is a large and relatively simple process when compared to transporting manufactured electronic goods from china to the end users in Australia which is a multimodal process.
In both cases there will be main factors that will affect the costs and efficiency of the supply chain such as; congestion, technology, infrastructure management and geographical considerations in the case of transporting coal. In the case of the electronic goods factors such as; the standardisation of containers, economies of scale, Imbalance of containers, protection, security
Australia is one of the world’s largest coal exporters, exporting 25.0 million tonnes of coal to China in the year of 2008-09 and a total of 100 million tonnes worldwide in the same year (ACA 2008-09). This would not be possible without the assistance of an extensive transport system and infrastructure used to transport coal from the coal mine to the shipping port. In this essay I will also discuss how coal is moved within a port, how the coal is loaded and shipped, how it is offloaded and moved around the port of offloading and how the coal is transported from the port of unloading to the consumers in China.
The intermodal transportation processes manufactured electronic goods from china to Australia is also examined and the differences between the processes of transporting coal as a multimodal process when compared to intermodal process that containers provide when transporting the electronic goods. The factors that affect the cost and efficiency of the of the intermodal transport of containers
There are differing processes used at different stages of the cargo's transportation, which I shall discuss in the following
In both cases there will be main factors that will affect the costs and efficiency of the supply chain such as; congestion, technology, infrastructure management and geographical considerations in the case of transporting coal. In the case of the electronic goods factors such as; the standardisation of containers, economies of scale, Imbalance of containers, protection, security
Australia is one of the world’s largest coal exporters, exporting 25.0 million tonnes of coal to China in the year of 2008-09 and a total of 100 million tonnes worldwide in the same year (ACA 2008-09). This would not be possible without the assistance of an extensive transport system and infrastructure used to transport coal from the coal mine to the shipping port. In this essay I will also discuss how coal is moved within a port, how the coal is loaded and shipped, how it is offloaded and moved around the port of offloading and how the coal is transported from the port of unloading to the consumers in China.
The intermodal transportation processes manufactured electronic goods from china to Australia is also examined and the differences between the processes of transporting coal as a multimodal process when compared to intermodal process that containers provide when transporting the electronic goods. The factors that affect the cost and efficiency of the of the intermodal transport of containers
There are differing processes used at different stages of the cargo's transportation, which I shall discuss in the following