Liner shipping service network design with empty container repositioning

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 695-708

  Meng, Qiang ^a   Wang, Shuaian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Empty container repositioning; Hub and spoke; Liner shipping network design; Multi port calling; Transshipment

Indexed keywords

INTEGER PROGRAMMING; SHIPS;

EMPTY CONTAINER REPOSITIONING; HUB AND SPOKE; LINER SHIPPING; LINER SHIPPING NETWORK DESIGN; MULTI-PORT; MULTI-PORT-CALLING; NETWORK DESIGN; NETWORK DESIGN PROBLEMS; SERVICE NETWORK DESIGNS; TRANSSHIPMENT;

CONTAINERS;

HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NETWORK DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHIPPING;

EID: 79955095938     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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