Ackchai Sirikijpanichkul. A comparative study of oil transportation modal choice between intermodal rail and road: a case study of freight route between Ban Phai Tank Farm Khon Kaen Province to Railway Yard at Thanaleng the Laos People's Democratic Republic. (). King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. Central Library. : , 2020.
A comparative study of oil transportation modal choice between intermodal rail and road: a case study of freight route between Ban Phai Tank Farm Khon Kaen Province to Railway Yard at Thanaleng the Laos People's Democratic Republic
Abstract:
This research aims at studying influencing factors on the
modal choice decision between road and intermodal rail
modes for oil transportation between Ban Phai Tank Farm
Khon Kaen Province to Railway Yard at Thanaleng the Laos
People's Democratic Republic, that best suits stakeholders'
needs. According to the interviews with stakeholders, it is
found that among five influencing factors including time, cost,
flexibility, safety, and reliability, time and cost outweigh the
other factors. In addition, the input information on each
influencing factors are collected to determine the weighted
score of each mode which are used as the input for multicriteria
decision analysis technique called analytic hierarchy
process. The results show that the intermodal rail is more
preferred to the road with the total sum weighted score of
0.63 and 0.37, respectively.