A two-phase model for dry port location with an application to the port of Dalian in China

Zheng Chang, Theo Notteboom and Jing Lu

Transportation Planning and Technology, 2015, vol. 38, issue 4, 442-464

Abstract: This paper provides guidance for an optimal and reasonable dry port layout for the port of Dalian in China. We present a two-phase framework on the location of dry ports, which solves the selection of candidate inland cities and optimal dry port location choice, respectively. Fuzzy C-Means Clustering is applied to select alternative cities in the vast hinterland of the seaport of Dalian, with a view to identify evaluation factors that affect the location selection decision. A cost-minimisation linear programming solution is proposed, with the aid of a genetic algorithm, to choose the optimal location as well as capacity level among the candidate inland cities.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2015.1026103

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