This book presents new insights and successful solutions to the operational problems of automated container terminals …Since their introduction in the 1960s containers represent the standard unit-load concept for international freight …. Container terminals primarily serve as an interface between different modes of transportation, e.g. domestic rail or truck …

.10 m) providing a standardised measure of containers of various capacities and for describing the capacity of container …Container transport refers to the transportation of goods in standardized re-sealable transportation boxes by rail and … sea. Data are expressed in tons and twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). TEU is based on a container of 20 foot length (6 …

containers and container leasing may be effective ways to save the operating costs of liner shipping companies. Considering the … with empty container repositioning (LSHLPECR) considering foldable containers. We propose a mixed integer linear program …Considering the influence of economies of scale and ship capacity on empty container repositioning, using foldable …

consideration. The model involves decisions concerning an inland modal split of containers based on the global picture of container …This paper focuses on the problem of container management on a liner shipping network with a short-term leasing … availability in the network; determining the time period and port in which the shortage of containers necessitates a higher …