Transport operations in container terminals: Literature overview, trends, research directions and classification scheme

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Carlo, Héctor J ^a   Vis, Iris F A ^b   Roodbergen, Kees Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Container terminal; Literature overview; Material handling equipment; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CONTAINER TERMINAL; INDUSTRY TRENDS; LITERATURE OVERVIEW; MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENTS; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS; TRANSPORT OPERATIONS;

CONTAINERS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84900622252     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.11.023     Document Type: Review

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