The development of fully integrated supply chain networks has drawn much attention due to
industrial integration and globalization. Inter-plant transportation of chemicals plays a central …

The transport of hazardous materials is an important strategic and tactical decision problem.
Risks associated with this activity make transport planning difficult. Although most existing …

Hazardous materials can be extremely harmful to the environment and to human health,
since exposure to their toxic chemical ingredients may lead to injury or death. These …

Hazardous materials such as fuel, solvents, organic waste from hospitals, used batteries,
explosives, and nuclear waste need to be transported to and from the facilities that use …

The modeling tools that have been developed over the last 25years for the identification of
routes for hazmat shipments emphasize the tradeoffs between cost minimization to the …

This paper presents a systematic framework toward the development of a Transportation
Model for Hazardous Materials (HazMat). In practice, the proposed modeling framework is …

We survey research on hazardous materials transportation in the areas of risk analysis,
routing/scheduling and facility location. Our focus is primarily on work done since 1980, and …

Many key industrial and scientific processes, such as the generation of nuclear energy, are
of enormous social benefit as energy demand and consumption grow over time. However, a …

Hazardous materials (HazMat) transportation is one of the indispensable links in the
chemical process industry and is closely related to safety, security, and environmental …

Abstract More than 800,000 hazardous materials (HAZMAT) shipments move every day in
the US alone, among which 94% are moved by truck. HAZMAT transportation deserves …