A comparison of shipping containers from technical, economic and environmental perspectives

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-59

  Accorsi, Riccardo ^a   Manzini, Riccardo ^a   Ferrari, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food supply chain; Freight container; Maritime transportation; Temperature sensitive products

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; SHIPS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; FREIGHT CONTAINERS; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; MULTI-CRITERIA; SHIPPING CONTAINERS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE;

CONTAINERS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SHIPPING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 84889602232     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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