Space allocating strategies for improving import yard performance at marine terminals

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1038-1057

  Sauri S ^a   Martin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Container terminal; Import operations; Rehandles; Storage strategy

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER TERMINAL; IMPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORT OPERATION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 79960963861     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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