Optimal rail-road container terminal locations on the European network

Limbourg, Sabine; Jourquin, Bart

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Optimal rail-road container terminal locations on the European network

Limbourg, Sabine; Jourquin, Bart

2009 • In Transportation Research. Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review, 45 (4), p. 551-563

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

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[en] 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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Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)

Author, co-author :

Limbourg, Sabine ; Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons - FUCaM > Louvain School of Management

Jourquin, Bart; Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons - FUCaM > Louvain School of Management

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English

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Optimal rail-road container terminal locations on the European network

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2009

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Transportation Research. Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review

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1366-5545

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1878-5794

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Elsevier, United Kingdom

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551-563

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