The Two-Echelon Dual-Channel Models for the Intermodal Container Terminals of the China Railway Express Considering Container Accumulation Modes

Shujuan Guo, Cuijie Diao, Gang Li and Katsuhiko Takahashi
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Shujuan Guo: College of Transportation Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
Cuijie Diao: College of Transportation Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
Gang Li: College of Transportation Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
Katsuhiko Takahashi: Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima 7398527, Japan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: China Railway Express (CR Express) is a pioneer of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The intermodal container terminal system consisting of a maritime terminal and a railway terminal is investigated in this paper. It connects the shipping route and the CR Express route. Typically, there are two container accumulation modes in the railway terminal to dispatch a train, i.e., the fixed-length and the fixed-time container accumulation modes. The intermodal container terminal system can be formulated as the two-echelon dual-channel supply chain model. The steady-state probability matrix is obtained by solving the equilibrium equations. The cooperation between the maritime terminal and the railway terminal is considered to accelerate the accumulation of the containers. The total revenue of the two terminals is used as the key system performance indicator. Numerical experiments are conducted to compare the fixed-length and the fixed-time container accommodation modes. The situations with and without cooperation between two terminals are also compared in the two container accumulation modes, respectively.

Keywords: intermodal container terminal; markov analysis; belt and road; container accumulation mode (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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