Dilemma in Transport of Dangerous Goods in an Intermodal Chain. A discussion of challenges in the interface between regulations and execution of intermodal dangerous goods transport..

The transport industry is subjected to intense competition. The responsibility of a transport chain has changed from controlling one single mode toan intermodal scenery where several means of transportation and modes arecontrolled and planned by one responsible manager. This paper discusses dilemmas in the interface among regulation and the transport performance between different actors involved in a transport with products classifieds as dangerous goods. The starting point is the transport chain manager's role in the planning and realization of the specific transport chains. In order to fulfil the customers' needs of a door-to-door transport, societies interests in the safest possible transport might be violated. The discussion is theoretically founded in Jens Rasmussen's dynamic model of risk management, in which we especially focus on the effect of the comprehensive andcomplex international regulations. The work presented in this paper is part of a Norwegian research project - RISIT Dangerous Goods, with the aim to develop risk models and actors' adaptation to different frame conditions, for example regulations. This paper exemplifies the Norwegian situation, but it is most likely applicable to other European countries as well. Itdescribes the situation of today and highlighted some of the findings andproblems regarding today's regulations and the challenges of meeting the intermodal requirements. It concludes with some recommendations where decision support tools might be one of the keys to an easier transport control. For the covering abstract see ITRD E134653.