DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMUM CONTAINER SHIPMENT FRAMEWORK IN INTERMODAL TRANSPORT NETWORK OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

Abstract

In Malaysia, containerized freight transport has been growing and is expected to continue in that trend in the future. Therefore, the freight transport system needs to consider the growing impacts that it has on congestion, time of delivery, cost and environmental issues. To address such issues, there is a need to develop a framework to analyze intermodal transport network under different decision criteria and scenario