Automated shunting of rail container wagons in ports and terminal areas

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-401

  Hansen, Ingo A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automation; Container; Intermodal transport; Linear motor; Railcar; Shunting; Transhipment

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COSTS; INVESTMENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

AUTOMATIC TRANSHIPMENTS; CONTAINER TERMINALS; CONTAINER TRANSPORT; TERMINAL TRACKS;

RAILROAD CARS;

CONTAINERIZATION; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; INNOVATION; PORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SHIPPING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 8744313728     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0308106042000280501     Document Type: Article

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