Freight village design using the multicriteria method PROMETHEE

Research on Logistics Parks: Literature Review and Outlook

“…The facilities layout problem examines how to assign and design different facilities in LPs like warehouse (Ballis 2006). Some researches devoted to discuss the reasonable place and size to LPs (Á guas and Antunes 2007; Ballis and Mavrotas 2007). Based on this, one group of articles optimized one or various indicators via mathematical models, such as reference (Tang et al 2013); the other group papers used distinct evaluation methods to solve problems, such as a BP Artificial Neural Network model (Huang 2012).…”

Evaluation of freight villages: A GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis

“…They may also find an opportunity to enhance reliability by lowering transit times compared to a unimodal road transport [8]. Due to the benefits of freight villages, there have been many studies that address different freight village issues, including cost modeling of freight villages [9,10], freight village design [1], environmental impacts of freight villages [11], policy measures of freight villages [12], transportation optimization of freight villages [13], financial evaluation of freight villages [14], technological infrastructure of freight villages [15], and reverse logistic activities in freight villages [16]. For a review of methodological and case-study based Table 2 Comparison of applied steps.…”

“…According to Roso [2], the terms ''Inland Clearance Depot,'' ''Dry Depot,'' ''Inland Container Depot,'' ''Logistics Center,'' and ''Inland Port'' can all be used in place of ''freight village,'' depending on the services offered. The legal infrastructure of the Freight villages in Turkey was published in the Official Gazette on November 10, 2008. Historically, the first freight villages were established in France in the early 1960s and later appeared in Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom and other European countries [1]. The 120 freight villages in Europe are shown in Fig.…”

“…It is very important to acknowledge for the benefits of utilizing a freight village when considering sustainable development. A freight village is the hub of a specific area where all activities relating to transport, logistics and goods distribution -both for national and international transit -are carried out on a commercial basis by various operators [1].…”

Atributos para caracterização de plataformas logísticas: estudo de casos na Espanha, Itália e Dinamarca

“…Apesar do conceito de plataforma logística estar bastante difundido, não há uma denominação única para estes em-preendimentos e nem uma definição amplamente aceita pelos autores (Gajsek, Lipicnik e Simenc, 2012 O primeiro grupo, com o maior número de estudos, busca conceituar plataforma logística, identificar suas características, estratégias e o processo de implantação (Bacovis, 2007;Ballis e Mavrotas, 2007;Boile et al, 2009aBoile et al, , 2009bBoudouin, 1996;Carvalho et. al, 2010, Colin, 1996Dias, 2005;Duarte, 1999;Dubke et al, 2004;European Commission, 1997;Europlatforms, 2004;Gajsek, Lipicnik e Simenc, 2012, Martins, 2006Ockwell, 2001;Rodrigues, 2004;Rosa, 2004;Taniguchi e Van det Heijden, 2000).…”