Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1024068 | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review | 2009 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
The European transport policy has focused on sustainable transport solutions, among which intermodal transport is a key player. However, its efficiency is strongly dependent on the location of the container terminals. In this paper, a set of estimated potential locations is used as input for an iterative procedure based on the p-hub median problem that takes the variation in trans-shipment costs according to the number of trans-shipped containers into account. The final results are the optimal locations for European transfer terminals embedded in a hub-and-spoke network.
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Authors
S. Limbourg, B. Jourquin,