Abstract
In Malaysia, containerized freight transport has been growing and is expected to continue in that trend in the future. This research aims to provide a model for the assessment of containerized frei...
Highlights
The last decade has shown a significant increase in the number of freight containers transportation in Malaysia and prospects for the future shows steadily increase
This research aims to provide a model for the assessment of containerized freight movement through intermodal transport network of Peninsular Malaysia
Based on the roles of nodes in container transport, they are categorized into origin, destination and transfer nodes
Summary
The last decade has shown a significant increase in the number of freight containers transportation in Malaysia and prospects for the future shows steadily increase. Containers at ports can be local or transshipment containers. Local containers are referred to as containers which is moving in and out of the country from or to ports, and transshipment containers are those containers in transit to another country. The growth of Malaysia’s annual container volume was reported by Ministry of International Trade and Industries (Ministry of International Trade & Industries Malaysia, 2005). It is expected that the growth of annual containers volume to be more than 28% during the period 2015 to 2020. According to World Shipping Council (2017), in the year 2014, Malaysia was ranked 13th and 12th in the world respectively for import and export of containerized cargoes
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