cost driver within container transportation chains is the movement and repositioning of empty containers. The present … loading unit. The most important intermodal transportation chain is the intermodal container transportation, in which … containers represent the loading unit for cargo. Cost effectiveness constitutes a general problem of drayage operations. A major …

Trust, Resource Sharing, Collaborative Logistics, Logistics Resources, Multi-Agent Systems. …; as well when they are idle or underutilized. In collaborative logistics, resource sharing entails the joint usage of the …, information, on-demand staffing, and logistics services offered under cloud computing. Through sharing, collaborating partners in …

Green logistics, Batch process industry, Supply chain production-distribution, Carbon emissions, Environmental … these batches from suppliers to customers, through dynamic logistics systems, has a high degree of uncertainties on supply …, green logistics is a promising approach. However, there is a lack of green logistics models which integrate both the …