Multimodal freight transportation planning: A literature review

M SteadieSeifi, NP Dellaert, W Nuijten… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Multimodal transportation offers an advanced platform for more efficient, reliable, flexible,
and sustainable freight transportation. Planning such a complicated system provides …

Approaches to empty container repositioning problems in the context of Eurasian intermodal transportation

KA Kuzmicz, E Pesch - Omega, 2019 - Elsevier
Container transportation has become an important part of global transportation and it may
gain a new potential in the light of the Chinese One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, known …

Container terminal layout design: transition and future

A Gharehgozli, N Zaerpour, R de Koster - Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2020 - Springer
Container terminals play an important role in the transportation of containerized goods in
global supply chains. The number of containers handled in container terminals has …

Liner ship fleet deployment with container transshipment operations

S Wang, Q Meng - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a liner ship fleet deployment (LSFD) problem with container
transshipment operations. The proposed problem is formulated as a mixed-integer linear …

Expanding horizons and deepening understanding via the use of secondary data sources

E Rabinovich, SH Cheon - Journal of Business Logistics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
While primary data analysis has been popular in logistics and supply chain research,
secondary data methods have been overlooked. These methods, however, have the …

Optimizing inland container logistics and dry port location-allocation from an environmental perspective

E Kurtuluş - Research in Transportation Business & Management, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to optimize inland container logistics with dry port location-allocation by
including empty container relocation and volume discounts. A multi-objective mixed-integer …

Improving resilience in an intermodal transport network via bulk cargo transport coordination and empty container repositioning

X Feng, Z Wang, Y Wang, W Yin, Y Chao… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Commodities are usually transported in bulk and are associated with the risk of
environmental pollution and cargo loss during intermodal transportation. This study …

Liner services network design and fleet deployment with empty container repositioning

YF Huang, JK Hu, B Yang - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Transportation demand of shipping container fluctuates due to the seasonality of
international trade, thus, every 3–6 months, the liner company has to alter its current liner …

An exact algorithm for inland container transportation network design

W Shan, Z Peng, J Liu, B Yao, B Yu - Transportation Research Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate the inland depot location problem of the inland transportation
system. In inland container transportation, empty containers are transported between depots …

Identifying the market areas of port-centric logistics and hinterland intermodal transportation

Y Bouchery, J Woxenius, JC Fransoo - European Journal of Operational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Many port authorities have developed ambitious strategies to foster hinterland intermodal
transportation. In addition, port-centric logistics, that is, the provision of distribution facilities …