Application and management of information technologies in multimodal transportation

Abstract

In order to develop an integrated multimodal transportation, freight shippers and carriers, operators of multimodal transport in particular, must create and develop business strategies bringing together managerial, economic, technological and human resources. Additional investments are expensive for the companies, especially in the areas where quick orientation in the current situation is required. On the basis of diverse works of the authors, the paper analyses Information Technologies (IT) application multimodal transportations issues and perspectives, as well as provides the results of the research.