Cargo Cargo TransportationTransportation

What is transportation?What is transportation?

• The safe and efficient movement…• of people and goods…• in an environmentally conscious

manner.

What is cargo transportation?What is cargo transportation?

• Movement of raw materials, unfinished goods and materials, and finished consumer goods and commodities

• From production to consumption areas

• Increasingly global

How does cargo transport affect How does cargo transport affect me?me?

Energy

How does cargo transport affect How does cargo transport affect me?me?

Food

How does cargo transport affect How does cargo transport affect me?me?

Finishedgoods

ModesModes

PipelinesPipelines

ShipsShips

AirplanesAirplanes

RailroadsRailroads

RailroadsRailroads

TrucksTrucks

What do engineers, What do engineers, scientists, and technicians scientists, and technicians do in cargo transportation?do in cargo transportation?

• Chemical and petroleum engineers

• Electrical engineers• Circuits• Communications• Computer systems• Programming

EngineersEngineers

• Civil engineers• Environmental• Geotechnical• Structural• Transportation• Construction

• Mechanical engineers

• Aerospace• Robotics• Materials• Engines

ScientistsScientists

• Natural scientists• Atmospheric• Environmental• Biologists• Ecologists• Materials

• Social scientists• Anthropologists• Sociologists• Urban planners

TechniciansTechnicians

• Share similar professional areas as engineering and science disciplines• Use practical, applied knowledge and experience

• They test, maintain, and operatecargo equipment, infrastructure,and systems

Does the future of cargo Does the future of cargo transportation include transportation include

you?you?