Transshipment of containers at a container terminal: An overview

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Vis, Iris F A ^a   De Koster, Reneé ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Container terminal; Literature overview; Logistics; Material handling equipment

Indexed keywords

DOCKING; LOGISTICS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHIPS;

CONTAINER TERMINALS;

CONTAINERS;

EID: 0037449049     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00293-X     Document Type: Article

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