The effect of transhipment costs on the performance of intermodal line-trains

Logistics Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 127-136

  Behrends, Sönke ^a   Flodén, Jonas ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intermodal transport; Line train; Modal shift; Modelling; Rail transport; Transhipment technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863828725     PISSN: 1865035X     EISSN: 18650368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12159-012-0066-0     Document Type: Article

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