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intermodal istanbul

Posted on October 12, 2010March 21, 2013 by Ethem

The Port of Haydarpaşa, also known as the Port of Haidar Pasha (Turkish: Haydarpaşa Limanı) is a general cargo seaport, ro-ro and container terminal, situated in Haydarpaşa, Istanbul at the southern entrance to the Bosphorus. The port is operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and serves a hinterland which includes the country’s most industrialized areas.

It is the biggest container port in the Marmara Region and with an annual cargo volume exceeding six million metric tons (MT), is Turkey’s third biggest port after Mersin and Izmir.

The Haydarpaşa Terminal or Haydarpaşa Station (Turkish: Haydarpaşa Garı) is a major intercity rail station and transportation hub in İstanbul. It is the busiest rail terminal in Turkey and the Middle East and one of the busiest in Eastern Europe. The terminal also has connections to İETT bus and ferry service. The Moda Tramway is a few blocks south of the station. The station has a main building (opened in 1909) that houses the headquarters of District 1.

Haydarpaşa Terminal is the western terminus of the Istanbul-Ankara Main Line and was the western terminus of the former Baghdad Railway (İstanbul-Konya-Adana-Aleppo-Baghdad) and the Hedjaz Railway (İstanbul-Konya-Adana-Aleppo-Damascus-Amman-Medina). The tracks do not cross the Bosphorus, but there is a train ferry, that carries rail cars from Haydarpaşa, on the Asian side, to Sirkeci, on the European side.

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intermodal freight animation

Posted on October 12, 2010February 12, 2011 by Ethem

Definition:
Movement of goods (in one and the same loading unit or a vehicle) by successive modes of transport without handling of the goods themselves when changing modes.

the electric generation

Posted on October 11, 2010March 21, 2013 by Ethem

Today’s WSJ Europe included a special report on Tomorrow’s Transport. Christian Wolmar is touching the future of battery-powered cars.

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Governments across Europe will have to set the right framework to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles. So far several have announced the introduction of subsidies to bring down the cost of vehicles. The UK government is proposing a subsidy of £5,000 on the estimated average £32,000 price of an electric vehicle.

The highest incentives will be in Norway and Denmark, where electric vehicles will be exempt from vehicle purchase tax, worth more than €10,000 ($13,000).

Merely reducing the cost of vehicles is not enough. Governments will also need to ensure that battery charging facilities are relatively cheap and sufficiently available. France has a target of one million charging points by 2015. There are also numerous safety considerations such as preparing emergency services to deal with accidents involving vehicles that have considerable electric power.
Recharging

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But this may prove to be unpopular with potential owners. Meanwhile, no standard has yet been developed for recharging points and countries look set to adopt different approaches. The Netherlands, for example, is set to mandate a five pin plug while neighboring Belgium is developing a two pin version.

Then there is the expensive issue of providing recharging points. This is a chicken and egg problem. Not many people will buy electric cars if they fear they cannot recharge, which means governments need to provide a network of charging points. And yet, governments will find it hard to justify the investment with only a handful of electric cars on the road.

Several countries, notably France and Ireland, or cities, such as London, have programs to provide large networks but they will take several years to build.

charlotte maersk

Posted on October 9, 2010February 12, 2011 by Ethem

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