"Korošec vihti bič nad železničarji" (Stavka železničarjev leta 1920 in minister za promet Anton Korošec)

Author(s): Mateja Ratej / Language(s): Slovenian / Issue: 1/2010

In the following discussion the author focuses on the role of Anton Korošec in the railway strike of April 1920, when as a Head of the Slovenian People's Party he was the Minister of Transport in Stojan Protić's government. After the government of the Kingdom of SHS abolished the collective labour agreement for transport workers, in April 1920 transport all over the state was brought to a halt by a railway strike. The workers on strike were joined by the communists, who saw the mobilisation of the workers as a strong political potential. In the years after the establishment of the Kingdom, the communists represented an influential political factor. In November of the same year, after the Constituent Assembly elections, they became the third most powerful party in the country. On 24 April the strike on the streets of Ljubljana transcended any democratic norms. After the police and military intervention, 13 workers died on the Zaloška cesta street. A few days before that, at the assembly of the Slovenian People's Party confidants in Ljubljana, Korošec had cautioned against the danger of the communist movement, while during the strike he refused to communicate with the railway representatives, claiming that the strike was illegal - that is, unannounced.

125 DE ANI DE LA INAUGURAREA PODULUI "REGELE CAROL I" PESTE DUNĂRE, DE LA CERNAVODĂ

Author(s): George M. CROITORU / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2020

The complex of bridges and viaducts of the Fetești - Cernavodă railway was inaugurated on 1895, September 14, has a total length of 4087.95m and was the longest continental Europe’s bridge, also the third longest in the world at the time. The ”King Carol I” railway bridge, over Danube from Cernavodă, is the representative construction of this complex. The designer and chief engineer of the construction of the bridge and viaducts complex is the engineer Anghel Saligny (18541925), professor at the National School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest, the most important personality in the Romanian history of civil engineering. The bridge is cantilever type, it has five openings (a central opening of 190m and four current openings of 140m each) with a total length of 750m. The most important innovations in this structure included the use of mild steel for the bridge deck and new system of cantilever beams (Gerber beams) for the suprastructure. The total length of a cantilever beam is 240m. This bridge is one of the representative constructions in Romania, being classified as an architectural monument of national interest.

155 de ani de la înființarea „Școlii de Ponți și Șosele, Mine și Arhitectură” din București

Author(s): George M. CROITORU / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2019

After the union of Moldova and Wallachia in 1859, during the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859-1866) bases of the new modern Romanian state were created, including by inaugurating new institutions and adopting several laws and regulations according to the French model. One of these institutions is the School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture from Bucharest, founded in 1864, October 1st. The school regulations were elaborated by the engineer Constantin Aninoşanu (1831-1880) and the first director was the architect Alexandru Costinescu (1814-1872), both being members of the Technical Council of the Ministry of Public Works. It was the first technical high school within the new modern and unified Romanian state. Through its rigorous organization, significant value of the teachers and the high level of teaching, the School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture represents an important stage in the evolution and future development of the Romanian higher technical education.

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REVERSE LOGISTICS IMPLEMENTATION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT IN POLAND AND OTHER EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

Author(s): Anetta Zielińska / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2020

Reverse logistics represents a current research area, in both theoretical and empirical terms. In Polish practice, reverse logistics refers to a narrow approach within the framework of waste management. Enterprises perceive their success and the source of long-term economic and social benefits in introducing new, pro-ecological solutions at various stages of the supply chain through implementing reverse logistics. The purpose of the article is to present the potential of implementing reverse logistics in view of the growing threats resulting from waste. A multidimensional comparative analysis is used in the study, based on the indicators describing waste management as an important element of reverse logistics for the European Union Member States (the EUROSTAT data). As a result, the EU countries are divided into those placed at the forefront and the ones which cannot handle the level of reverse logistics implementation through waste management. Stemming from the conducted analysis, attention was drawn to the unfavourable position of Poland in the implementation of waste management, which is manifested in the level of reverse logistics implementation.

A comparison of logistics infrastructure development level of European Union countries using TOPSIS and VIKOR methods

Author(s): Grzegorz Koszela,Michał Gostkowski,Luiza Ochnio,Vassilis Kostoglou / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2020

The purpose of the research was to compare the logistics and logistic infrastructure development level in EU countries. To evaluate overall rank of each country in term of that traits, it was used eight variables which describes logistic characteristics. In this purpose, two of the multi-criteria models of decision making: a Multicriteria Optimization (VIKOR) and Compromise Solution and a Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) were applied and the results obtained by those two methods were compared. The results showed that VIKOR is more preferable method in comparison to TOPSIS methods and the countries where the logistic is developed the most according to the scores in created rankings are Germany, France and Poland.

A Conceptual Model of Customer Satisfaction: Moderating Effects of Price Sensitivity and Quality Seekers in the Airline Industry

Author(s): Harith Yas Khudhair,Ahmad Jusoh,Abbas Mardani,Khalil Md Nor / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2019

Passenger satisfaction and loyalty are crucial for success in the airline industry. To achieve customer satisfaction and loyalty, it is important that airlines provide high-quality services. This paper examines different elements of service quality in the airline industry, including the moderating effects of price sensitivity and quality seekers on the level of passenger satisfaction. The moderating effect of price sensitivity on passenger satisfaction has received less consideration in the existing literature. Service quality has been divided into three main categories: preflight, in-flight, and post-flight services. This paper provides a conceptual framework for assessing the moderating effects of price sensitivity and service quality on passenger satisfaction. The study was conducted by performing a literature review of existing studies of the topic and related issues. Information was obtained from journal articles. The literature was reviewed for accuracy, relevancy, and other validating elements. The findings reveal that the service quality of all three categories has a positive effect on passenger satisfaction. The results indicate that passenger satisfaction consequentially translates to passenger loyalty (Elkington, 2004). The findings indicate that price sensitivity and quality seekers have a significant impact on the relationship between service quality and the level of passenger satisfaction. High price sensitivity reduces the positive effects of service quality on passenger satisfaction. Low price sensitivity increases the positive effects of service quality on passenger satisfaction. Existing literature agrees that customer satisfaction is subjective and varies across consumers. Therefore, analyzing the correlation between service quality and satisfaction has been a complex task (Briliana, 2018).

A Dream of Safe Railway Systems

Author(s): Rosa Stottele,Alina Cuznețov,Miriam Müller,Sebastian Götz,Maxi Gerbig,Tine Lehmann / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

In 2016, a total of 1.787 significant railway accidents were reported in the EU, in which a total of 964 people were killed. Although the number of railway accidents and deaths have been decreasing in the past years, Peter Grüne is certain that there is still a lot of room for improvement. Peter Grüne is the CEO of Grüne Industry Electronics, a company producing devices managing the electronic potential in railways to avoid erosion, eventually reducing the number of accidents. He believes that railways are the future of transportation and is keen on improving the safety of millions of people and goods transported daily in Europe.

A GIS and multi‐criteria‐based analysis and ranking of transportation zones of Vilnius city

Author(s): Marius Jakimavičius,Marija Burinskienė / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2009

Fixing the accessibility is a standard issue of transport analysis, which can be of interest to many socioeconomic applications. In the paper we propose and discuss accessibility and other indicators-based urban transport system analysis and GIS (geographic information systems) calculation method for indicating problematic transportation zones in Vilnius city. The main parameter is time-based accessibility from/to the central part of Vilnius and other transport zones in the city. Created GIS application computes the ranks for transport zones of Vilnius city according to accessibility and Vilnius statistics in these zones (street network density in city zones, number of working places, number of equipped parking places, number of attractive objects in transportation zones). The GIS decision support system is based on 2 calculation methods Topsis (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) and SAW (Simple Additive Weighting). Application of transportation zones analysis improves the quality of basic environment statistics and fills many data gaps related to urban statistics, providing information to decision-makers and the general public concerning key factors determining the state of urban transportation environment. This paper outlines criteria and models used in Vilnius to develop urban transportation indicators and the reasons why the selected indicators represent the first important step to achieve a comprehensive system of indicators of urban transportation sustainability in Vilnius city. This model could be integrated in systems of urban transport planning and sustainable development planning.

A LITERATURE REVIEW REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS IN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Author(s): Alexandra TUDORICA,Cristian Silviu BĂNACU,Sofia Elena COLESCA / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2021

The evaluation, selection or prioritization of transport infrastructure projects requires a complex decision-making approach. This complexity arises due to the competing nature of criteria - socio-economic, technical, political, environmental, resulting often into conflict analysis (Thomopoulos et al., 2009). The purpose of this article is to review the available literature in order to identify the specific multi-criteria decision-making techniques/methods, as well as the criteria employed in the context of transport infrastructure. Moreover, as we were interested to assess if these criteria evolved along the time to meet the transport infrastructure policy goals, in the nowadays context of green transition a special attention is given to the environmental criteria and its indicators. The timing of this review, providing an overview of the criteria used for the assessment of transport infrastructure projects, seems to be suitable as the new European Union’s Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027) is pushing forward for the twin green and digital transitions, enforcing the climate dimension. An extensive list of environmental indicators is provided, as well.

A New Approach to Comprehensive Assessing the Service Competitiveness of Motor Transport Enterprises Specializing in Municipal Passenger Transportation

Author(s): Svitlana Moroz / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

The author's method for assessing the level of the service competitiveness of motor transport enterprises specializing in municipal passenger transportation is developed and tested. A new approach to the formation of group composition and directly indicators of service competitiveness is offered. The author's method envisaged a combination of qualitative and quantitative aspects of the research, since the indicators' values were obtained as a result of the expert survey. During their elaboration the method of principal components was used to determine the weights of individual indicators and groups of the service competitiveness of motor transport enterprises.

A Polar Silk Road: The Arctic in China’s Foreign and Economic Policies

Author(s): Damian Wnukowski / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2018

The Arctic is playing an increasingly important role in Chinese foreign and economic policy. In January 2018, the Chinese government published a strategy for this region, recognising it as part of the Belt and Road Initiative. The Arctic is to be used primarily as a source of raw materials and an attractive transport route connecting Eastern Asia with Europe. China’s actions may ultimately challenge the interests of Poland’s allies, including the United States, which should be taken into account when considering cooperation with Chinese entities.

A record of the transport of stone blocks on ostrakon DeB/F.608

Author(s): Mirosław Barwik / Language(s): English / Issue: XXVIII/2019

Ostrakon DeB/F.608 was found in the area of the Temple of Tuthmosis III at Deir el-Bahari. There are good reasons, however, to link it to the building of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and more precisely to the transport of stone blocks by a crew of eight men. Five of them can be identified as foreigners, presumably Asiatic slaves brought to Egypt as a result of military campaign(s) in the early Eighteenth Dynasty.

A simulation model of a monopoly passenger rail service with two-way traffic: testing the optimization algorithm

Author(s): Ondřej Krčál,Rostislav Staněk / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

We present an agent–based model of a long–distance passenger rail service. The model contains two terminal stations and a monopoly train operating company whose aim is to set the fare and departure times from both stations so that its profit is maximized. The paper introduces an algorithm that combines three different elimination strategies which are used for finding the optimum timetable. Starting from the maximum possible number of departures, the strategies might sequentially eliminate either one random pair of departures, each from a different terminal station, two pairs of departures, or a number of departures necessary to significantly reduce capital costs of the operating company. The strategies might be combined in different proportions.

A strategy towards diversification of operations. The case study of the stevedoring enterprise

Author(s): Marta Mańkowska,Michał Pluciński / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2/2018

The main goal of the article is identification, analysis and assessment of justifiability as well as the efficiency of employing the strategy towards diversification in the operations performed by the storage and reloading companies in the Polish seaports (stevedoring enterprise). Therefore, a single case study method of the company Bulk Cargo-Port Szczecin, which is the biggest stevedoring company of the port of Szczecin, was used. In the past the company was primarily connected with handling bituminous coal exported from Poland, but nowadays it handles numerous cargoes in various reloading relations as well as provides commercial, distributional and logistic services. The objectives, which were recognised as the most important for the development of Bulk Cargo-Port Szczecin, are as follows: adaptation of the existing resources for the new, maximum depth of 12.5 m in the port of Szczecin, adaptation of the handling and storage services for the complex structure based on the type, direction and subject of maritime trade cargo, extension of the storage services and establishment of flexible services with regard to the different transport modes in servicing the port of Szczecin hinterland. The accomplishment of these objectives requires appropriate (in terms of time and subject-matter) investment actions to be conducted by Bulk Cargo-Port Szczecin, which are related to the development of the suprastructure, as well as actions of the Polish maritime management and the entity managing the Szczecin-Świnoujście port complex. Thanks to its strategy for diversifying cargo, directions and functions the stevedoring company has reached its established position in the market of port services in the South Baltic.

A study on the strategic plans of the metropolitan municipalities : case of Turkey

Author(s): Kemal Yamana / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2016

In this research, strategic plans, which were prepared by 10 Metropolitan Municipalities in Turkey for the period of 2015-2019, were analysed and to what extent environment and city topics were given place in these plans was put forward comparatively. Content analysis technique was benefited from as the research method. While there are 30 Metropolitan Municipalities in Turkey as of March 2016; 10 of them with the highest populations were taken into the scope of the research. Cities among the researched Metropolis that have the most comprehensive plans have been İstanbul (288 pages), İzmir (227 pages) and Gaziantep (226 pages), respectively. Cities that have given the most place to the city concept have been Adana (3,58 word/page), İzmir (2,89 words/page) and Bursa (1,75 words/page); while cities that have included the concept of environment the most have been Konya (1,39 words/page), Adana (1,24 words/page) and Şanlıurfa (1,16 words/page).

A Sustainable Supply Chain in Clothing Industry

Author(s): Beata Milewska,Dariusz Milewski / Language(s): English / Issue: 11.3/2018

The paper addresses the issues of sustainable supply chains in the clothing industry. It points out the main threats in the areas of social and environmental risk, resulting from the location of production in the low production costs countries, i.e. Southeast Asia. The biggest social risk related to this it is the failure of manufacturers located in the Far East to comply with human rights, labor law, health and safety rules, etc. After the tragedy at the Rana Plaza clothing factory in Bangladesh, global clothing companies ordering clothing production in the Far East, including the largest Polish company clothes from LPP SA, have started to take action to improve work safety in Bangladesh. The article presents simulations carried out by the authors regarding the impact of the amount of expenditure incurred in improving the security of suppliers in Southeast Asia on the profit margins of enterprises in the clothing industry. Two options were studied – increase in expenditures, which had little impact on the reduction of profit margin, and not incurring such expenditures (hence – deterioration of opinions about the company and a decrease in revenues), which had a large impact on the profit margin. The authors presented recommendations for clothing industry companies ordering production in countries with low production costs, concerning the reduction of social risk in global supply chains.

A System of Unconnected Vessels: The Gas Market in the Baltic States

Author(s): Kinga Dudzińska / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2015

An internally integrated gas market that is independent from Russia is a permanent element of the Baltic States’ energy policies. This goal in the regional dimension was to be achieved by the launch of an LNG terminal in Klaipeda, Lithuania, at the end of 2014. However, Latvia rejects the opportunity to import gas from Lithuania, and Estonia would benefit only slightly. Instead, to cooperate effectively, including in the implementation of joint infrastructure projects, all three act individually. This hinders the creation of a regional market and the EU should actively resist it.

Abuse of Dominance in the Case-law of the Hungarian Competition Authority – a Historical Overview

Author(s): Ákos Réger,Andor Horváth / Language(s): English / Issue: 21/2020

This paper provides a historical overview of the case-law and practices applied by the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) in abuse of dominance cases. The paper is co-written by practitioners of complementing antitrust fields, which ensures that both legal and economic considerations are explored. The paper identifies the unique characteristics of Hungarian legislation and case-law and critically evaluates them in light of EU competition law and economics principles. We analyse (i) the reasons for the high number of exploitative cases before 2010, (ii) the general principles applied by the HCA in exclusionary cases, (iii) the cost allocation assessments in dominance cases, and (iv) the issue of significant market power of retailers. The general starting point is that, judging by the number of dominance investigations, there is less antitrust enforcement by the HCA in recent years. However, the article concludes that less enforcement does not mean weaker enforcement. In fact, the quality of dominance cases, considering both legal and economic aspects, has increased over time. This tendency has also led to higher legal certainty in Hungary, which is beneficial for market players. Stronger criticism is only formulated against the concept of significant market power of retailers.

Action Plans for Sustainable Procurement Across the Public Sector with Impact on Supply Chain

Author(s): Teodora Păducel / Language(s): English / Issue: S2/2009

Public procurement can influence trends in production and consumption, a considerable demand for environmental goods by public authorities to create or expand markets for products and services environmentally friendly. In this way, companies will be encouraged to develop environmental technology designed to prevent or reduce the effects on environment at any stage of the life cycle of products or activities. Green Public Procurement will influence the whole supply chain, the use of raw materials and production methods to the types of packaging used and that certain conditions of reception of waste.

Adam Jabłoński, Marek Jabłoński, Mechanizmy efektywnego zarządzania bezpieczeństwem w transporcie kolejowym

Author(s): Andrzej Chodyński / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2018