Foldable and standard containers in empty container repositioning

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-124

  Moon, Ilkyeong ^a   Ngoc, Anh Dung Do ^b   Konings, Rob ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Container transportation; Empty container; Empty container repositioning; Foldable container

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAINER SHIP; CONTAINER TERMINAL; COST; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; ALGORITHM; CARGO CONTAINER; SHIPPING; TRANSACTION COST;

CONTAINERS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION; EMPTY CONTAINER; EMPTY CONTAINER REPOSITIONING; FOLDABLE CONTAINER; FOLDINGS; HEURISTICS ALGORITHM; PURCHASING COSTS; SHIPPING COMPANIES; STORAGE COSTS; UNFOLDINGS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870671389     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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