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Together with the development of new technologies, the interest in intermodal transport has been growing dynamically as one of its main advantages includes transporting goods over long distances. Intermodal transport is defined as transporting an integrated load unit, such as a container, a swap body or a semi-trailer, by more than one means of transport. The point-based infrastructure includes sea ports and inland terminals, which allow trans-shipment or storage. Intermodal transport is a part of a supply chain; therefore, all threats, which may occur, influence the correctness of the entire intermodal transport process. The occurrence of interferences does not influence the vulnerability or resilience of the supply chain. Vulnerability of the supply chain is defined as a function of certain features of the supply chain and losses, which the company will incur as a result of the vulnerability of the supply chain and as a result of the occurrence of interferences in its operation. The operational resilience, on the other hand, is the ability of the supply chain system to reduce the probability of the occurrence of interferences, minimization of these interferences and reducing the time of returning to proper efficiency. The article consists of 3 parts; the first one describes the approaches of various authors to the notion of resilience and vulnerability of a supply chain or a logistic system. The second part characterizes an inland terminal system. The last part contains a description of two most important factors, i.e. redundancy and flexibility. The aim of the article is to present an approach to the issue of system resilience at an intermodal trans-shipment node.

Keywords: Container terminal, vulnerability, resilience, redundancy, flexibility

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