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The literature indicates that a 20% reduction in the weight of empty 40-foot shipping containers would result in $28 billion of fuel savings, along with a 3.6 exajoule reduction in the energy demand over containers’ 15-year lifetime. Decreasing the energy demand and thereby greenhouse gas...
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the future growth of the area. We examine the impact of various logistics policies for efficient regional development … logistics environments because of complex geographical conditions, to gain implications on the relationship between landlocked … regions and seaports. We extend the global logistics intermodal network simulation (GLINS) model, a stochastic assignment …
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Purpose: This research aims at developing a comprehensive transshipment solution leading to additional opportunities of transshipment from small inland vessels throughout the West German canal network and, thereby, extending the existing capacities consisting of container bridges and reach...
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Purpose: The focus of this publication is literature on the Stowage Planning Problem for small container vessels. The problem is important not only for safety reasons con-cerning stability, but also for enhancing efficiency, as restacking of containers is time consuming and therefore expensive....
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container logistics. The model represents a novel extension of the inward interport model developed by Iannone and Thore (2010 …
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conditions. We look more closely at this sector of the logistics labor force. We replicate and extend studies done on port …, we make policy recommendations for improving both the quality of the work and the efficiency of the logistics supply …
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Seaports are regarded as significant actors in global logistics and supply chains since a large part of the cargoes … chemical substances and foodstuffs need to be transported without breaking the cold chain in the logistics. The monitoring and … this reason, precise monitoring and control of the system is vital in the port logistics management. …
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