Improving Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Railway Transport
The transport of dangerous goods by rail carries a high risk of accident and every effort should be made to ensure that such transport is carried out under the best possible safety conditions. The research objective was to analyze and identify the main risks associated with the transport of dangerou...
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| description | The transport of dangerous goods by rail carries a high risk of accident and every effort should be made to ensure that such transport is carried out under the best possible safety conditions. The research objective was to analyze and identify the main risks associated with the transport of dangerous goods by rail as well as to identify and assess the main factors of safe transport in order to reduce the risk of accident. For this purpose, analysis of the literature, systematization, generalization, and evaluation by experts was applied. The article states that in order to ensure the safe transport of dangerous goods by rail, it is necessary to comply with the rules for loading and unloading dangerous goods, the established requirements and instructions, and technical conditions of wagons and their labelling as well as preventive measures to reduce the risk. Recommendations are provided on how to reduce accidents and incidents in the transport of dangerous goods by rail. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc07a5544ff34984a4ed9037fdde185f2023-11-20T05:30:51ZengMDPI AGInfrastructures2412-38112020-07-01575410.3390/infrastructures5070054Improving Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Railway TransportNijolė Batarlienė0Department of Logistics and Transport Management, Faculty of Transport Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Plytines str. 27, LT-10105 Vilnius, LithuaniaThe transport of dangerous goods by rail carries a high risk of accident and every effort should be made to ensure that such transport is carried out under the best possible safety conditions. The research objective was to analyze and identify the main risks associated with the transport of dangerous goods by rail as well as to identify and assess the main factors of safe transport in order to reduce the risk of accident. For this purpose, analysis of the literature, systematization, generalization, and evaluation by experts was applied. The article states that in order to ensure the safe transport of dangerous goods by rail, it is necessary to comply with the rules for loading and unloading dangerous goods, the established requirements and instructions, and technical conditions of wagons and their labelling as well as preventive measures to reduce the risk. Recommendations are provided on how to reduce accidents and incidents in the transport of dangerous goods by rail.https://www.mdpi.com/2412-3811/5/7/54dangerous goodstransportationhazardous materialrisksafetyrailway transport |
| spellingShingle | Nijolė Batarlienė Improving Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Railway Transport Infrastructures dangerous goods transportation hazardous material risk safety railway transport |
| title | Improving Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Railway Transport |
| title_full | Improving Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Railway Transport |
| title_fullStr | Improving Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Railway Transport |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Railway Transport |
| title_short | Improving Safety of Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Railway Transport |
| title_sort | improving safety of transportation of dangerous goods by railway transport |
| topic | dangerous goods transportation hazardous material risk safety railway transport |
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