Dear student

Please complete the Quick Reference Guide to remind you when assignments are due.

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Enquiries regarding study material can be directed to:

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Dear Student

Every day of our lives we can hear, see, and sometimes also smell transport. Intermodal Transport

Economics focuses on understanding the concepts of intermodal transport (IMT) and appreciating the

different types of IMT and its relationships with intervening parties. The course also focuses on

understanding the role and importance of economic transportation in the supply chain, as well as the

economy of the country. Relationships between tradition modes of transport will be examined.

Students will be equipped with understanding of issues affecting the economics of IMT in terms of IMT

demand and supply dynamics, pricing / costing, environmental and economic impact.

Course Name: INTERMODAL TRANSPORT ECONOMICS

Course Code: ITE611S

Department: MARKETING AND LOGISTICS

Course Duration: ONE SEMESTER

NQF Level and Credit: L6; 12 CREDITS

Course Content:

This course introduces the planned interaction between the various transport modes within

intermodal context. The course also exposes you to the transport geography of the different modes

of transport both at national and international level. In this course you have the opportunity to

optimise and apply what you have learned so far and to gain new knowledge in the intermodal

context of Transport Economics.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

Review and evaluate the modes of transport and transport networks.

Relate the basic transport geography of the different modes of transport.

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describe the main kind of actors and means of transport in an intermodal transport system.

Determine the suitable measures of security and safety controls in Intermodal Transport (IMT).

Explain IMT transport demand and how it is derived.

evaluate the socio-economic and environmental impact of IMT.

Review design and construction principles of transport networks.

Prerequisites:

Transport Economics & Procedures

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COURSE DELIVERY METHODS

Vacation Schools

During this semester, a vacation school will be offered in Windhoek at the Namibia University of

Science and Technology (NUST) Campus. The vacation school will take place during APRIL 2016.

Attending vacation schools is optional, but students are strongly advised to make use of this support

service. It is a valuable opportunity to make personal contact with tutors and fellow students, and to

discuss problems.

Weekend Tutorials

Weekend tutorials will be offered in Windhoek and at the Regional Centres where the number of

students registered for a particular course of study justifies this. The timetable for the Windhoek

weekend tutorials is issued to you upon registration, while the timetable for the Regional Weekend

tutorials is available at your nearest Regional Centre. Consult your Coordinators: Academic Support

or Regional Centre for more information.

COLL Facebook

Join our COLL Facebook group to raise concerns; connect with other students; read announcements;

learn about new and upcoming courses and programs, and much more……

Find us at: Centre for Open and Lifelong Learning – Namibia University of Science and Technology or

https://www.facebook.com/groups/554488671248201/

Moodle site

Students can visit the Moodle site to have access to course materials, course outlines and

PowerPoint presentations uploaded by the Full-time Lecturers.

• Go to the NUST website – Click on E-Nust – Click on E-learning – Click on E-Learning

Production site.

For students who have never used Moodle before, their login details are as follows:

Username: student number e.g. 200954782

Password: St@followed by student number e.g. St@200954782

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For students who have an account already, their usernames remain their student numbers and they

keep their current password.

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION

Assessment

30% Continuous (based on number of assignments submitted)

70% Examination (2)

Examination Admission

Apart from the regulations hereunder, you should also study your COLL Yearbook 2016, which

contains important information and regulations about admission to the examination.

• You need at least a 40% semester mark to write the examination

• The final mark is made up of a 30:70 ratio (30% of the semester mark and 70% of the examination

mark)

• A final mark of at least 50% (calculated from the semester mark and examination) has to be

obtained to pass the course

Examination Paper

At the end of the semester, JUNE 2016, you will sit for the examination. The duration of the

examination is 2 hours.

The examination period for distance education students will be the same as for full- and part-time

students.

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CHANGE IN RULES

RULE AC4.5.2.4 Supplementary examinations

Supplementary examinations will be a re-examination written together with the second opportunity

examination. A student, who fails a course in the first opportunity examination, shall be entitled to

sit for a supplementary examination. The supplementary examination shall be a re-examination of

the same course content valid for the ordinary examination and shall comprise of the same number

of papers as the ordinary examination. The supplementary examination shall be subject to the

general examination and promotion regulations/requirements. There shall be no restriction on the

number of courses in which a student may be admitted to sit for supplementary examinations. If the

student has been admitted to a supplementary examination but does not report for it, the

examination mark obtained in the first opportunity examination shall be awarded. The mark

obtained in the supplementary examination shall replace the ordinary examination mark.

Supplementary examinations shall be conducted during a period determined by Senate. There will

be no supplementary examinations for students who have taken second opportunity examinations.

The maximum final mark allocated for supplementary examinations will be 50%

RULE AC4.7 Registration and Assessment of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL)

Students who are registered for Work-Integrated Learning have until the first business day in April

and September, respectively, to cancel the course with 100% credit. Should they fail to cancel the

course on or before this date, they will be liable for the fees, regardless of whether they obtained a

workplace placement or not.

Students, who are unable to complete their WIL requirements before the deadline for submission of

marks, may be granted extension by the relevant Head of Department to complete such

requirements and submit the necessary assessment evidence by 31 July for students registered in

the first semester or 31 January for students registered in the second semester. Students who make

us of this extension must be aware that they may then not graduate at the ceremony immediately

following that semester.

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IMPORTANT STUDENT SERVICES AT NUST

There are a variety of services which you can use at the NUST. These services are to your advantage

– Use them!!! They include the following:

• Student Counselling- Dean of Students Office. Tel: +26461 207 2453

• Career Development - Dean of Students Office. Tel: +26461 207 2271

• Writing Centre and student academic problems – Centre for Teaching & Learning (CTL).

Tel: +26461 207 2580/2581

• Campus Health and Wellness Centre (CHWC) - Dean of Student’s Office/ NUST Clinic.

Tel: +26461 207 2115

• Student Support Officers and Regional Coordinators (Please refer to your Information

Manual for Distance Education Students and your Information Circular for names and

contact details)

PRESCRIBED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR YOUR COURSE

In addition to your prescribed and/or recommended textbook, you will be issued with the following

instructional material upon registration:

Study Guide: INTERMODAL TRANSPORT ECONOMICS

Writer/Author: L. NAUDE

Year Published: 2011

Tutorial Letter: INTERMODAL TRANSPORT ECONOMICS; Semester 1/2016

Further note that Rules DE5 (c) (iv) and DE12 (e) of the COLL Yearbook 2016 will be strictly enforced.

You should thus ensure that you receive the correct instructional material.

Important note from the Marker-tutor regarding the ITE Study Guide

Kindly note that the above-mentioned Study Guide for this course is very insufficient. Efforts are

underway to come up with a revised version of the guide. Also kindly note that the course outline has

been revised to include the following aspects, most of which do not feature in the guide: Introduction

to Transport and Transport Geography, Modes of Transport and Transport Networks, Multimodal

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Transportation, Intermodal Transport and Containerization, Safety Controls and Measures in IMT,

Transport Demand and Environmental Impact as well as Design and construction principles of transport

networks. As a result, you are strongly advised to fully utilize the vacation schools, weekend tutorials

along with a couple of supplementary materials (revised course outline, notes, hand-outs and audio-

visual clips) that shall be posted on the Moodle Site from time to time. You are also encouraged to fully

consult with the appointed marker-tutor on any problems with the course.

Prescribed textbooks

Van Nes, R. (2002). Design of multimodal transport networks: A hierarchical approach. TU Delft,

Delft University of Technology.

Rodrigue J‐P., Comtois, Claude and Slack, Brian (2013). The Geography of Transport Systems, 3rd

ed. (revised). Routledge Chapman & Hall: London and New York

Recommended material

Cole, S. (2005). Applied transport economics: policy, management & decision making. Kogan Page

Publishers.

• Kirkaldy A.W., Evans A.D. (2009) History and economics of Transport, Richardson, ISBN-13:

9781115566407 (ISBN-10: 1115566407)

• Alderton P.M. (2004) Sea Transport: Operation and Economics , A & C Black Publishers Ltd, ISBN-

13: 9780713669442 (ISBN-10: 0713669446)

• Williams S.C. (2009) Economics of Railway Transport , BiblioBazaar, LLC, ISBN-13:

9781113695864 (ISBN-10: 1113695862)

• Stich, A., Intermodalism, retrieved August 2011 from the World Wide Web

http://www.sapdc.org/PlanningfortheFuture/RuralTransportationPlanning/Intermodalism.aspx

• Rodrigue. J. Transportation and Economic Development, retrieved August 2011 from the World

Wide Web http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch7en/conc7en/ch7c1en.html.

• Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board Watchlist: Recommendations Multimodal,

retrieved August 2011 from the World Wide Web

http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/mediaroom/backgrounders-tsb-multimodal-5867.htm

• Department for Transport: Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG), Unit 2.12 Introduction to

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Modelling and Appraisal for Road, retrieved August 2011 from the World Wide Web

http://www.dft.gov.uk/webtag/documents/project-manager/pdf/unit2.12c.pdf

• Litman, T. Evaluating Non-Motorized Transportation: Benefits and Costs, Victoria Transport

Policy institute, 2011

Important Websites You are strongly encouraged to browse through the following websites as they will especially help you

in both your assignments and examination preparations.

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System - A Vital Waterway (video) available at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbE2-TzWdzY

Port of Rotterdam (video) available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljg38TAX2HE

https://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch7en/appl7en/ch7a5en.html

https://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch7en/conc7en/ch7c3en.html

https://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch7en/conc7en/ch7c4en.html

HOW TO START YOUR STUDIES

After having read this first tutorial letter, you should read the study guides to get an overall

impression of the nature and scope of the course(s) you are registered for. Once you have done this

you must compile a study programme for the semester. Determine the dates for the submission of

assignments; decide how much time you can allow for each course and how you are going to divide

your time between working on assignments, reading of recommended books, and studying the study

guide. If you do not do this, you might not be able to get through your work or be less successful

than if you had planned your work. Study the contents of the first tutorial letter and the study guide

before you consult the prescribed and recommended text book(s). If it becomes necessary to explain

or to amend some study material, it will be done through tutorial letters. Please note that tutorial

letters form part of your study material.

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The Information Manual for Distance Education Students contains the assignment schedule with

due dates. The due dates for the submission of assignments are regarded as very important by COLL

(Centre for Open and Lifelong Learning); therefore, you are requested to record and adhere to these

dates. Adherence to these requirements is of utmost importance for admission to the examination

at the end of this semester. You should thus familiarise yourself with the rules of submission of

assignments, Rules DE12 of the COLL Yearbook 2016.

TECHNICAL CARE OF ASSIGNMENTS

Make sure that your cover page of the assignment has the following information before submission:

Full Name

Address (Postal)

Student number

Course Name (e.g. Introduction to Mathematics)

Course Code (e.g. ITM111S)

Correct number of the assignment

• Your assignment should be neat and please take note of language use and grammar.

• Please answer the questions set. If you do not understand the questions, contact your tutor for

clarification.

• If you do not submit a typed assignment make sure that your handwriting is legible, as your tutor

will not decipher your writing.

Students may send assignments via e-mail. Students should download the Electronic Assignment

Book available in MSWord format from http://www.nust.na/centres/docs/coll/coll_assbook.doc to

complete assignments. Ensure that all information as requested on the assignment cover is

completed and correct. Incorrect or incomplete information will prevent it from being accepted for

marking. After completion of the assignment, email the Electronic Assignment Book as an

attachment to: collassignments@nust.na

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ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES

You have received an assignment schedule and it is expected that you acquaint yourself and keep to

those due dates. Please consult the Information Manual for Distance Education Students or contact

COLL if you are unsure about assignment due dates.

Further note that students are allowed to submit late assignments, based on valid documentary

evidence as per rule DE12 (b) of the COLL Yearbook 2016, provided late assignments are submitted

within 7 days (including weekends & public holidays) after the due date of the assignment.

COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR MARKER-TUTOR

Contact with tutors for academic matters

The names and contact details of tutors will be available upon registration, as part of your

Information Circular. Tutors should only be contacted in connection with academic matters relating

to your course. Please make sure before contacting your tutor, that you know exactly what you are

seeking assistance for. Always have your questions and study guide at hand when phoning.

Your marker-tutor for INTERMODAL TRANSPORT ECONOMICS

The Namibia University of Science and Technology has appointed DR. Fanny SARUCHERA as

marker- tutor.

DR. SARUCHERA will be at your service should you experience any problems with your studies or

with the assignments. Contact details are as follows:

Tel.: +264 61 207 2955 / +264 81 366 9075

E-mail: f s a r u c h e r a @ n u s t . n a

CONCLUSION

We hope that you enjoy this course and that you find the material helpful in your everyday life.

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STATEMENT ABOUT ACADEMIC HONESTY AND INTEGRITY

General Academic Policies

It is the student's responsibility to be familiar with and adhere to the NUST’s Policies and

Regulations. These Policies and Regulations can be found in the NUST Yearbook 2016, Part 1:

General Information and Regulations or online at www.nust.na/yearbooks.php

All staff and students of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), upon signing their employment contracts and registration forms, commit themselves to abide by the policies and regulations of the institution. The core activity of NUST is learning and in this respect academic honesty and integrity is very important to ensure that learning is valid, reliable and credible.

NUST therefore does not condone any form of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism and cheating on tests and assessments, amongst other such practices. NUST requires students to always do their own assignments and to produce their own academic work, unless given a group assignment. You should thus familiarise yourself with Rule AC3.2 on academic honesty and integrity in the NUST Yearbook 2016, Part 1: General Information and Regulations.

Academic Dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:

• Using the ideas, words, works or inventions of someone else as if it is your own work.

• Using the direct words of someone else without quotation marks, even if it is referenced.

• Copying from writings (books, articles, web pages, other students’ assignments, etc.), published or unpublished, without referencing.

• Syndication of a piece of work, all or part of an assignment, by a group of students, unless the assignment was a legitimate group assignment.

• The borrowing and use of another person’s assignment, with or without their knowledge or permission.

• Infringing copyright, including documents copied or cut and pasted from the internet.

• Asking someone else to prepare an assignment for you or to write or sit an assessment for you, whether this is against payment or not.

• Re-submitting work done already for another course or programme as new work, so-called self-plagiarism.

• Bringing notes into an examination or test venue, regardless of whether the notes were used to copy or not.

• Receiving any outside assistance in any form or shape during an examination or test.

All forms of academic dishonesty are viewed as misconduct under NUST Student Rules and Regulations. Students who make themselves guilty of academic dishonesty will be brought before a Disciplinary Committee and may be suspended from studying for a certain time or may be expelled. All students who are found guilty of academic dishonesty shall have an appropriate endorsement on their academic record, which will never be erased.

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INSTRUCTIONS/REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSIGNMENTS

ASSIGNMENT 1

1.1 Explain the concept of Intermodalism and how best synergy is forged in this concept? [15 marks]

1.2 Outline the differences between Intermodal freight transport and Intermodal passenger

transport? [7 marks]

1.3 Briefly select the mode of transport which is highly used in Namibia and explain your reasons for selecting that mode? [10 marks]

1.4 What are the likely substitutes of Fossil fuel? [8 marks]

1.5 What is the importance of transport development in terms of the various modes of transport? [10 marks]

ASSIGNMENT 2

Total Marks [50]

1.1 Discuss the factors that influence the demand and supply of Intermodal transport. [15]

1.2 State and explain any five (5) economic benefits that have been brought by artificial canals. [10]

1.3 Explain the role of any five (5) key documents used in multimodal transport transactions. [10]

1.4 List and explain the components of transport network design? [10]

1.5 Explain the concept of externalities and how it relates to transport economics. [5]

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Total Marks [50]