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Subject 'Transportation Means and Technologies'

Name in Estonian: Transpordivahendid ja -tehnoloogiad

Year:   2014/2015    2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    

State codeTLM484
Study languageEstonian
ChairTransport ja logistika
Credit points 6 ECTS
Grading method Exam

General description

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.

General aim

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

Aim

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

Form description

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

Literature

Portfolio of lecture materials.

Evaluation methods

Evaluation method - exam.
Minimum positive grade - "poor" (1)

Is taught in following curricula

2020: LO  
2019: TL  
2018: TL  
2017: TL  
2016: TL  
2015: TL  
2014: TL  
2013: TL  

Is taught in rounds

     2020/2021 Fall semester

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