Empty container management and coordination in intermodal transport

Xie, Yangyang; Liang, Xiaoying; Ma, Lijun; Yan, Hua

doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2016.07.053

Cited by 67 publications

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“…Qiu et al (2015) looked into the problem of storage pricing at dry ports and its dependency on seaport pricing. Xie et al (2017) focused on the problem of repositioning and coordinating empty containers at dry ports and seaports. By establishing dry ports, seaports could increase capacity without expanding their seaport terminals, as in the case-among many others-of Russian ports (Korovyakovsky and Panova 2011).…”

Section: Seaport Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Dry ports: research outcomes, trends, and future implications

Khaslavskaya

Roso

2020

Marit Econ Logist

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The concept of dry ports has gained significant interest among practitioners and researchers in the last decade. Consequently, publications on this topic have followed this development, and today there are more than 100 papers available in the Scopus and Science Direct databases, compared with only two papers in 2007. The purpose of this paper is to summarize current scientific knowledge on the phenomenon and to identify research outcomes, trends, and future research implications by conducting a systematic literature review (SLR). SLR is an explicit and reproducible method that ensures the reliability and traceability of the results. The selection of relevant papers was performed independently by each author using Rayyan QCRI software; the coding and analysis were conducted with the help of NVivo qualitative data analysis software. Findings show that the research area is largely represented by qualitative cases and optimization studies covering various aspects of dry ports. Dry port examples around the world differ based on location, functions, services, ownership, and maturity level. Although the research area is young and discrete, five main thematic areas are identified: debate on the concept, environmental impact, economic impact, performance impact, and dry ports from a network perspective. Keywords Dry port • Intermodal transportation • Hinterland • Seaport inland access • Systematic literature review We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the time and effort devoted by the MEL reviewers to improving the quality of this work. This research was funded in part by the Interreg Valu2Sea project.

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Section: Seaport Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Dry ports: research outcomes, trends, and future implications

Khaslavskaya

Roso

2020

Marit Econ Logist

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“…Through the analysis of the firsthand data of in-depth interviews with multimodal transport practitioners, the service quality evaluation index that conforms to the theory and practice is established [36]. From a business connection perspective, some scholars have looked at operational management by coordinating the profits between multimodal enterprises [37] and the interests among port stakeholders [38]. Considering the perspective of external risks, some scholars have focused on the impact of risk factors, climate environment, and changes in water levels [39] on intermodal transport, and helped transport networks operate smoothly through case studies.…”

Section: Container Multimodal Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Synergy Degree Evaluation of Container Multimodal Transport System

Fang

Zhi-ya

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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Logistics activities are an important source of energy consumption and environmental issues. Research conclusions and practical experience show that promoting the development of container multimodal transport is an effective way to reduce the level of carbon footprint. The key to influencing the development of container multimodal transport lies in the cooperation of all participants and links (modes of transport, transport businesses). Evaluating the synergy degree is a key step in this development process. This paper takes the whole process of container multimodal transportation as the research perspective, analyzes the operation process, and treats the process as a production system composed of four subsystems: facilities and equipment, organizational management, business operations, and information interactions. Through in-depth interviews and an analysis of the academic literature and policy documents, we establish a synergy degree evaluation index system and measurement model of container multimodal transport based on synergy theory and case studies. The research results are consistent with the actual situation. From 2015 to 2018, the synergy of container multimodal transport system of China's G port developed slowly, but generally moved in a more orderly direction.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1487 2 of 26 of cargo transportation; by 2020, the volume of port railway collection and distribution and container multimodal transport will increase significantly. Multimodal container operation is an important economic activity and plays a vital role in transportation and low-carbon development.In actual operation, logistics companies tend to choose a single mode of transport when conditions permit. The reason is that the participants and links (modes of transport, transport businesses) are not coordinated, due to the following: (1) There is a lack of effective connection between infrastructures. For example, many ports have no dedicated railway lines, which greatly increases transportation costs.(2) There is no uniform standard for equipment. The size standards of road trucks are different from the standards of railway loading units, and the conversion is very troublesome, requiring loading and unloading, resulting in increased costs. (3) The devices are not completely intelligent. The development of special railway wagons, railway dual-use trailers, and river-sea combined carriers is lagging, and the connection efficiency is low. (4) There is a lack of multimodal transport integration service providers. Due to the lack of a large logistics network platform and effective deployment, small transportation companies are blind, and there is often repeated transportation and wasting of resources. (5) Information docking and sharing are difficult. There is no uniform information exchange standard and format between enterprises, and each enterprise is an information island. In addition, there is a lack of effective connection between multiple modes of transport, and the costs of short barges, reloading, loading and unloading...

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“…Some researchers studied the functions and roles of the dry ports or inland container terminals (e.g., Roso et al, 2009;Cullinane and Wilmsmeier, 2011). Xie et al (2017) studied the decentralized and centralized system in the hinterland intermodal transportation involving one sea port and one dry port. By analyzing the empty container inventory sharing game between the sea port and dry port, they designed a buy-back contract which depends on the initial empty container inventories.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Detention decisions for empty containers in the hinterland transportation system

Fransoo

Lee

2018

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

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Empty container management and coordination in intermodal transport

Cited by 67 publications

References 37 publications

Dry ports: research outcomes, trends, and future implications

Dry ports: research outcomes, trends, and future implications

Synergy Degree Evaluation of Container Multimodal Transport System

Detention decisions for empty containers in the hinterland transportation system

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