Modeling gate congestion of marine container terminals, truck waiting cost, and optimization

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2100, 2009, Pages 58-67

  Guan, Chang Qian ^a   Liu, Rongfang ^b  

^a UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; PORT TERMINALS; PORTS AND HARBORS; QUEUEING THEORY; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; TRUCK TERMINALS; TRUCKS;

CONTAINER SHIPS; CRITICAL ISSUES; FREIGHT VOLUMES; HARBOR TRUCKINGS; MARINE CONTAINER TERMINALS; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PORT INDUSTRY; TRADE ROUTES; TRUCKING INDUSTRY;

CONTAINERS;

EID: 76549125321     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2100-07     Document Type: Article

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