Empty Container Management at Ports Considering Pollution, Repair Options, and Street-Turns

International trade imbalances make the management of empty containers within shipping networks an important economic and ecological problem. While import-dominated ports accumulate large amounts of empty containers, export-dominated ports need them as transport resources, requiring a repositioning...

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Main Authors: Norberto Sáinz Bernat, Frederik Schulte, Stefan Voß, Jürgen Böse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3847163