Egypt, along with other countries in the world, is going through an economic transition from state control to a more market orientated economy. As part of this process, road freight transport is undergoing a process of privatisation and deregulation. There are many possible approaches which can be adopted, depending somewhat on the desired outcome of the process and economic philosophy of the country. Many countries have already gone through the processes of road freight privatisation and deregulation; some much more recently (Hungary) than others (the UK). At this early stage of road freight privatisation in Egypt, it is important and valuable to the policy maker to identify alternatives available for the privatisation process, problems it may be facing, as well as its impact on the road freight industry. Using a qualitative approach, this research attempts to explore the issues relating to privatisation of the road freight industry in Egypt, in terms of; the impact of privatisation, the role of freight management, the best method of privatisation, problems facing privatisation of the road freight industry, and finally treatment of external costs under privatisation. The overall objective of the research is to investigate and analyze the structure of the road freight industry, its cost, and how privatisation of the industry is approached under three different regulatory systems (the UK, Egypt, and Hungary). This should prove of value to countries in a transitional stage towards deregulation and privatisation and, in particular, to Egypt. The literature review is used to develop a conceptual model relating to economies in transition. This is then transformed into an operational model using the Delphi technique. The Delphi survey took place in both Egypt and Hungary, with panels comprising; academics, operators, and governmental officials. The results of the survey show that, unlike Hungary, there is no lack of available capital to achieve privatisation of road freight in Egypt, and that awareness of the road freight external cost is higher in Hungary than in Egypt. But in both countries the resulting increase in unemployment is one of the most important problem to face privatisation of road freight.

This diploma thesis deals with a concept and strength analysis of a low loader trailer for construction machinery. The thesis was created in cooperation with company ZDT Nové Veselí. The first part presents an overview of ways how to transport construction machinery and fundamental legal requirements for these devices. The main part of the thesis contains description of the trailer and its simplified model intended for the strength analysis. The last section presents an evaluation of results that had been achieved and at the very end the thesis contains partial drawing documentation.

In this diploma thesis, I deal with conception and strength analysis of lowbed detachable gooseneck trailer for construction machinery. First part of thesis is about trailers used these days with brief legal requirements for this device. Rest of the thesis contains construction of trailer, creation of finite element model, and presentation of achieved results. This diploma thesis contains drawing documentation.

Scania is a leading European developer and manufacturer of trucks, buses and engines, based in Södertälje in Sweden. From traditionally having been focused on offering their customer high quality products, Scania is now moving towards becoming a solution provider. This requires a combination of products and services and a deeper understanding of their customers’ business. Hauliers are one of Scania’s most important customer segments. In order to improve its solution offer, Scania wants to gain a deeper understanding about how hauliers develop. Recent studies at Scania have shown deficiencies in knowledge about haulier development. To fill this gap, this master’s thesis was initiated with the purpose of "gaining insight into haulier development and listing implications for Scania‟s business and service development". The aim of the study was to identify drivers, challenges and other important factors for growing hauliers. This result was then used to understand how Scania can contribute to its haulier customers’ growth by offering services. Seven hauliers were selected based on a number of criteria and studied closely. The results showed a gap between the services offered by Scania today and the services suggested after analyses. Particularly, it indicated that non vehicle related services could help hauliers make crucial steps in their development. Scania is advised to further deepen its understanding about haulier development. By doing this, Scania would take an important step into becoming the solution provider it aims to be.

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 dissertation thesis works out the problematic of increasing quality in information flow in road haulage. The thesis highlights logistic chains of road haulage of both carload freight and colli deliveries. Research project took place in two divisions of the biggest south bohemian transport company ČSAD JIHOTRANS a.s. The specified quality improvement of information flows comes out from implementation of new information technologies. The dissertation thesis is not only the description of new functions of implemented technologies, but it mainly describes consequential changes, which are necessary to perform in order to reach requested improvements.