In spite of extraordinary support programs initiated by the European Union and other
national authorities, the percentage of overall freight traffic moved by train is in steady …

To enable rapid container transshipment between freight trains in modern rail–rail
transshipment yards efficient computerized scheduling procedures are indispensable. This …

Almost ever since freight has been transported via rail, shunting yards (also called
classification or marshaling yards) are operated in order to separate freight trains and …

The development of intermodal container transport is hampered in part by the cost
associated with the shunting of trains in marshalling yards, inland and port railway terminals …

Transshipment yards, where gantry cranes enable the efficient transfer of containers
between freight trains, are important entities in modern railway systems. They facilitate a …

Multimodal transport of containers can be an alternative to the road transportation but it
requires to be competitive in terms of quality of service and price. In rail–rail container …

The results presented in this article identify the role of costs in the scientific and grey freight
terminal handling literature and analyses the handling costs of different terminal sizes. The …

At rail–road transshipment yards, gantry cranes move containers from freight trains to trucks
and vice versa. They constitute important entities in today's intermodal transportation …

This paper investigates the transshipment operations between vessels and trains in seaport
rail terminals. In order to get a more effective transshipment plan, the schedule plan of trains …

The paper evaluates technical and logistics developments that could lead to increased
economic and technical efficiency of rail–road transport terminals. The main design …