IL CHP2

• Infrastructure


  A collective term that refers to all the basic physical elements in place (publicly- or privately-owned goods) to facilitate the efficient transportation, communication, and business exchanges
• Transportation Infrastructure


  • Port Infrastructure
  • Connections with Land-Based Transportation Services
  • Canals & Waterways Infrastructure
  • Airport Infrastructure
  • Rail Infrastructure
  • Road Infrastructure
  • Warehousing Infrastructure
• Port Infrastructure


  • Depth of Water / Draft
  • Bridge Clearance
  • Port Operations
  • Warehousing Space
  • Cranes
  • Berths
  • Port Capacity
• Indented Container Berth


  • The Paragon Terminal in Amsterdam
• Forty feet [13.5 meters] is becoming the standard requirement to access a port
• The strain on road and railroad infrastructures has become the bottleneck of popular ports
• Airport Infrastructure


  • Runways & taxiways
  • Hours of Operation
  • Warehousing Space
• Rail Infrastructure


  • Means of conveying passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails
  • Multi-Modal Emphasis
• Road Infrastructure


  • Total length of roads
  • Percentage of paved roads
  • Bridges, tunnels, volume of traffic
  • Capacity
• Warehousing Infrastructure


  • Protection of goods when waiting in transit
• Communication Infrastructure


  • Mail/ Parcel Services
  • Telecommunications Services
• Mail/ Parcel Services


  Ability to deliver mail/ parcel on time, reliably and safely
• Telecommunications Services


  • Reliability in some fast grown countries
  • Leap-frogging to adopt most recent technology
• Utilities Infrastructure


  • Electricity
  • Water and Sewer
• Electricity is crucial in logistics operational activities and to facilitate in-house logistics and international logistics
• Electricity is not always reliably available in the world
• Water supply and quality of water is a concern in many countries worldwide
• The infrastructure designed to remove used water is critical and often a problem as well