Report of the Hundred and Fifth [i.e. Fifteenth] Round Table on Transport Economics, Held in Paris on 4th-5th November 1999 on the Following Topic

Download or read book Report of the Hundred and Fifth [i.e. Fifteenth] Round Table on Transport Economics, Held in Paris on 4th-5th November 1999 on the Following Topic written by Round Table on Transport Economics and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Road freight transport for own account represents a major share of inland transport in Europe and, depending on the country concerned, accounts for two to five times the tonnage carried by rail. Despite its importance, however, own account transport tends to be overlooked since it is not regarded as a logistics activity, whereas it is, in fact, a vital transport function that is changing radically as firms increasingly outsource their distribution activities to commercial hauliers.The scale of road freight transport for own account, the impact of regulatory changes and the future of the secto.