Subject 'Transportation Means and Technologies'

Year:   2013/2014    2014/2015    2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    

Transport means and units. Types of trucks and other commercial vehicles. Road transport technologies. Road transport terminals. Road infrastructure. Locomotive types. Cargo wagon types. Railroads. Rail transport infrastructure. Rail transport terminals. Ships and vessels. Inland water transport barges. Types of barges. Tupes of cargo ships. Ports and port technologies. Port terminals. Aircrafts. Types of cargo aircrafts. Airports. Air cargo terminals. Aerodrome cargo trucks and other handling equipment. Unit load device. Types of unit load device.

To give students knowledge about transportation means, transportation units, transportation technologies, transport infrastructure, intralogistics machines, equipment and technologies.

The student knows
• road transport means and technologies
• railroad transport means and technologies
• water transport means and technologies
• air transport means and technologies
• intermodale transportation technologies and container logistics
• possibilities to use different transportation modes
• princeples for planning transportation technologies

The student is able to
• select according the situation suitable transportation technologies, transportation means and units
• compose rough initial task for planning road transport terminal, port terminal, railroad transport terminal or air cargo terminal

Lectures, interactive seminars, tour to cargo port, railroad cargo terminal, airport cargo terminal or road transport terminal.

Portfolio of lecture materials.

Assessment is based on the following partial results:
• test in interactive e-learning environment – 50%
• solving of tasks – 20%
• initial task of terminal planning – 30%

Minimum positive grade - "satisfying" (2)

2020: LO  

2019: TL  

2018: TL  

2017: TL  

2016: TL  

2015: TL  

2014: TL  

2013: TL