Increasing use of railways for the transport of petroleum products in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.authorAmarasinghe, WKMS
dc.contributor.authorKumarage, AS
dc.contributor.editorGunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-25T05:12:29Z
dc.date.available2022-04-25T05:12:29Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.descriptionPetroleum is among the most prominent industries in Sri Lanka. In order to fulfil the country‟s petroleum demand, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has outsourced the storage and distribution function to Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL). Currently CPSTL distributes petroleum products from two installation plants to eleven regional depots using both bowsers and rail wagons. When considering the distribution function from the Kolonnawa installation plant to the regional depots, bowser transportation dominates over rail. Even though rail transportation is more economical, efficient and environmentally friendly, only around 35-40% of the daily bulk petroleum volume is carried using rail while the rest is transported using the road network. The reason for lesser utilisation of railways for the distribution of petroleum products is investigated in this research and a new distribution model which maximises the utilisation of rail, while maximising savings for CPC and profits for Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) is also proposed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAmarasinghe, W.K.M.S., & Kumarage, A.S. (2016). Increasing use of railways for the transport of petroleum products in Sri Lanka [Extended Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016 (pp. 65-68). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/en_US
dc.identifier.conference1st International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016en_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Transport and Logistics Managementen_US
dc.identifier.emailamalk@uom.lken_US
dc.identifier.facultyEngineeringen_US
dc.identifier.pgnospp. 65-68en_US
dc.identifier.placeColomboen_US
dc.identifier.proceedingProceedings of 1st Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17678
dc.identifier.year2016en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSri Lanka Society for Transport and Logisticsen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://slstl.lk/r4tli-2016/en_US
dc.subjectRail and road transportationen_US
dc.subjectPetroleum distributionen_US
dc.subjectLinear programmingen_US
dc.titleIncreasing use of railways for the transport of petroleum products in Sri Lankaen_US
dc.typeConference-Extended-Abstracten_US

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