The paper presents the main results of a research aimed to theoretically define and numerically apply an optimization model for the economic analysis and strategic planning of the inland logistics of maritime containers imported through the seaports of Naples and Salerno located in the Campania...

L’articolo affronta tematiche riguardanti il ruolo della logistica e dei trasporti nei processi di pianificazione territoriale, con riferimento all’Area vasta pometina, un’aggregazione di 18 Comuni localizzati nel Lazio meridionale. In particolare, si è provveduto alla formulazione di...

The hinterland distribution of maritime containers from and to seaports has received a great deal of attention lately. Increasing traffic volumes and the introduction of bigger vessels put pressure on marine container terminals and inland transport infrastructure, leading to congestion....

In a container transportation and logistics network, we define an interport as a common user hub facility located in the hinterland of one or several seaports, and where different services are available to carriers and shippers, such as: container stuffing and unstuffing, rail-road...

This paper presents a theoretical network programming formulation of the extended gateway concept in port hinterland container logistics. The model represents a novel extension of the inward interport model developed by Iannone and Thore (2010), as it simultaneously incorporates economic,...

The paper introduces the reader to the subject matters of transportation networks, linear programming (the direct program, the dual program and complementary slackness conditions), programming with 0-1 variables, and coding in GAMS (general algebraic modeling system). Operations analyst have...

During the last few years a new interdisciplinary field of research has emerged: Economic Logistics. The new subject, pionereed by American scholars and currently being further developed by a group of Italian scholars, encompasses, inter alia, appraisal of specialized infrastructures, issues of...

Sebbene il trasporto urbano di merci sia stato lungamente trascurato sia a livello di sostegno finanziario sia a livello di analisi, raccolta dati e ricerca di soluzioni, da alcuni anni si assiste ad un interesse crescente a livello nazionale ed europeo, confermato dalla numerosità di studi,...

L’uscita del volume “Le infrastrutture in Italia: dotazione, programmazione, realizzazione”, pubblicato recentemente dalla Banca d’Italia, a cura di Fabrizio Balassone e Piero Casadio, è un’ottima occasione per fare il punto sulla politica delle infrastrutture e dei trasporti. ll...

The paper illustrates the results of a research project aimed at identifying the main economic and industrial characteristics of the port system of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy, and the role it plays within the economy. Combing a top-down and bottom-up approach, based on interviews...