Global intermodal tank container management for the chemical industry

On Transport Service Selection in Intermodal Rail/Road Distribution Networks

“…Here, the objective is not only to minimize transportation cost but also to reduce the expected risk inherited by a specific mode of transportation. A more holistic view was taken by Erera, Morales, and Savelsbergh (2005). These authors considered an intermodal operator managing a homogeneous fleet of tank containers.…”

Optimization of empty container movements in intermodal transport

“…As was already mentioned in Section 2.4, Crainic et al (1993b) Recently, a number of attempts to integrate container allocation and vehicle routing decisions have been made. Erera et al (2005) develop a mathematical model integrating the routing and repositioning decisions for tank container operators on a global level. The proposed model is formulated as a deterministic multicommodity network flow problem over a time-expanded network.…”

Simulation and optimisation of intermodal barge transport networks

“…An integrated model for routing loaded tank containers and repositioning empty tank containers in an intermodal network is defined by Erera et al (2005). The problem is formulated as a deterministic network flow model over a time-expanded network.…”