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Optimal rail-road container terminal locations on the European network

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  • Limbourg, S.
  • Jourquin, B.
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    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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    Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review.

    Volume (Year): 45 (2009)
    Issue (Month): 4 (July)
    Pages: 551-563

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    Handle: RePEc:eee:transe:v:45:y:2009:i:4:p:551-563

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    Keywords: Location Terminals Hub-and-spoke Network Intermodal Transport;

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