Ports sustainability: A life cycle assessment of zero emission cargo handling equipment

Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 547-555

  Vujičić, Andrija ^a   Zrnić, Nenad ^b   Jerman, Boris ^c  

^a Dunav Insurance Company   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cargo handling equipment; Life cycle; Port container terminals; Rubber tired gantry; Utility tractor rig; Zero emission

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER TERMINAL; HANDLING EQUIPMENTS; RUBBER-TIRED GANTRY; UTILITY TRACTOR RIG; ZERO EMISSION;

CARGO HANDLING; CONTAINERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EQUIPMENT; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; RUBBER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRACTORS (TRUCK);

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84884248013     PISSN: 00392480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5545/sv-jme.2012.933     Document Type: Article

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