Optimal rail-road container terminal locations on the European network

S. Limbourg and B. Jourquin

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2009, vol. 45, issue 4, 551-563

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Location; Terminals; Hub-and-spoke; Network; Intermodal; Transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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