The diploma thesis deals with the main risks of dangerous goods transportation and ways of their minimization. The thesis devotes a new form of internal training of SCHENKER's employees about regulations concerning dangerous goods transportation as the way to enhance their security.

This thesis primarily deals with financial analysis of selected tourism company, the haulier company concerning on the area of incoming -- 493 Servis, s.r.o. The financial analysis should allow getting closer information about economic and financial health of the company. In the introduction of the thesis there is more than just this one aim settled. The additional aims concern the methodology and the area of transportation. The theoretical part summarizes the facts regarding the financial analysis and subsequently defined the area of tourism enterprises, focusing on the area of transportation. Knowledge summarized in the theoretical part is applied on the company 493 Servis, s.r.o. in the practical part since the practical part of the thesis includes the specification of the company, external financial analysis based on company financial statements and partial internal analysis based on the internal documentation. The financial analysis is enriched of graphical material. The summary of assumptions which are derived from the character of the analyzed company and their fulfilment based on analysis is the part of the evaluation. The evaluation also summarizes the factors which could cause distortion. Thanks to the concrete outputs, the thesis could be useful within the area of decision making for management of the company analysed.

Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka överensstämmelse avseende mål och motivationsfaktorer mellan samarbetande organisationer. Syftet är även att undersöka hur denna överensstämmelse samt identifierade mål och motivationsfaktorer kan bidra till en ersättningsmodell som främjar en bra transporttjänst. Design och metoder: Denna studie har genomförts som en fallstudie där samarbetet mellan ett speditionsföretag och två åkerier varit i fokus. Som metod för datainsamling till fallstudien användes en kombination av semistrukturerade intervjuer och rangordningstabeller. Till analysen av det empiriska materialet hämtades inspiration från flera olika metoder, dels hämtades inspiration från den tematiska analysmetoden men även från aktiviteterna sortera, reducera och argumentera. Slutligen användes även aktiviteten jämförelse för att kunna analysera överensstämmelsen mellan speditionsföretaget och åkerierna. Resultat: Resultatet gällande målöverensstämmelsen visade att åkerierna hade en begränsad kännedom om speditionsföretagets uttalade mål vilket i detta fall likställs med ingen till låg överensstämmelse. En större överensstämmelse identifierades dock avseende områdena förväntningar och framtida mål. Gällande motivationsöverensstämmelsen framkom det att speditionsföretaget hade en begränsad kännedom om vad som motiverar åkerierna, chaufförerna och transportplanerarna vilket innebär att överensstämmelsen därmed kan anses som låg. Resultatet visade även att en prestationsbaserad ersättningsmodell i tre nivåer bör möjliggöra för en högre måluppfyllnad och kunna leda till högre motivation. Bidrag: Studien har i viss mån bidragit till en utvecklad förståelse för hur olika parter i samarbetande organisationer uppfattar mål och förväntningar från den beställande parten och motivation hos den levererande parten. Vidare har studien bidragit med ett förslag på en ersättningsmodell bestående av tre prestationsbaserade ersättningsnivåer där olika mål är kopplade till respektive nivå. Begränsningar och framtida forskning: Den horisontella överensstämmelsen mellan samarbetande organisationer inom transportbranschen har visat sig vara mycket komplex och svårt att skapa en helhetsbild kring. Generaliserbarheten av resultaten till andra samarbetande organisationer anses utifrån det som relativt låg. Fortsatta studier föreslås inom området horisontell överensstämmelse, främst mellan samarbetande organisationer. En intressant inriktning kan då vara att undersöka om den horisontella överensstämmelsen mellan samarbetande organisationer kan ge samma positiva resultat avseende organisationers effektivitet och resultat som andra typer av överensstämmelse. Ett behov har även identifierats i form av att kunna namnge samarbetet mellan speditionsföretaget och åkerierna, vilket även det rekommenderas som ett område för fortsatt forskning. / Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the alignment regarding goals and motivation factors between cooperating organizations. The purpose is also to investigate how this alignment, as well as identified goals and motivation factors, can contribute to a transaction model that promotes a good transport service. Design and methods: This study has been carried out as a case study where the cooperation between a forwarding company and two road haulage contractors has been in focus. As a method for data collection for the case study a combination of semi-structured interviews and ranking tables was used. The analysis of the empirical material was inspired by several different methods. Firstly, inspiration was derived from the thematic analysis method but also from the activities sorting, reducing and arguing. Finally, comparison was used to analyze the alignment between the forwarding company and the road haulage contractors. Result: The result regarding the goal alignment showed that the road haulage contractors had a limited knowledge of the forwarding company's stated goals, which in this case is equated with a low alignment. However, greater alignment was identified regarding the areas of expectations and future goals. Regarding the motivation alignment it emerged that the forwarding company had a limited knowledge of what motivates the road haulage contractors, the chauffeurs and the transport planners, which means that the alignment can be considered low. The result also showed that a performance-based transaction model in three levels might improve both goal fulfillment and contribute to higher motivation. Contributions: The study has to some extent contributed to a developed understanding of how different parties in cooperating organizations perceive goals and motivation. Further contributions are the suggested transaction model consisting of three performance-based levels where different goals are linked to each level. Restrictions and future research: The horizontal alignment between cooperating organizations in the transport sector has proved to be very complex and difficult to create an overall picture about. The generalisability of the results to other cooperating organizations is considered relatively low. Continued studies are proposed in the field of horizontal alignment, primarily between cooperating organizations. An interesting approach may then be to investigate whether the horizontal correspondence between cooperating organizations can yield the same positive results regarding organizations' effectiveness and results as other types of alignment. A need has also been identified in the form of being able to name the cooperation between the forwarding company and the road haulage contractors, which is also recommended as an area for continued research.

The aim of this thesis is to provide a reader with the most complex information possible about the field of freight forwarding specialized in maritime shipping and about all the processes which take place in this area. This information could serve for a better orientation for trade or manufacturing companies which need to use maritime transportation and which do not have any or have only little experience with it. My aim is also to show, how to communicate with freight forwarding companies and what prices can be expected.

The goal of this diploma thesis is to give a comprehensive overview about the use of international freight road transportation within forwarding company Transforwarding a.s. and also to suggest suitable solution for their future system of organizing international freight road transportation within a new area.