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Optimal rail-road container terminal locations on the European network

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Limbourg, Sabine [FUCAM] Jourquin, Bart [FUCAM]

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.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Publication date 2009
Language Anglais
Journal information "Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review" - Vol. 45, no. 4, p. 551-563 (Juillet 2009)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 1366-5545
Publication status Publié
Affiliations Louvain School of Management - Operations and Information
FUCaM - Sciences de gestion
FUCaM - Sciences de gestion
Keywords Location ; Terminals ; Hub-and-spoke ; Network ; Intermodal ; Transport
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Bibliographic reference Limbourg, Sabine ; Jourquin, Bart. Optimal rail-road container terminal locations on the European network. In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 45, no. 4, p. 551-563 (Juillet 2009)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078/32106