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Container transportation is the predominant mode of inter-continental cargo traffic. Since container ships and port terminals involve a huge capital investment and significant daily operating costs, it is of crucial importance to efficiently utilize the internal resources of container terminals and transportation systems. Today there is an ongoing trend to use automated container handling and transportation technology, in particular, in countries with high labour costs. This in turn requires highly sophisticated control strategies in order to meet the desired performance measures. The primary objective of this book is to reflect these recent developments and to present new insights and successful solutions to operational problems of automated container terminals and transportation systems. It comprises reports on the state of the art, applications of quantitative methods, as well as case studies and simulation results. Its contributions are written by leading experts from academia and business. The book addresses practitioners as well as academic researchers in logistics, transportation, and management.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Container Terminals
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Transportation Systems
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems
Book Subtitle: Logistics Control Issues and Quantitative Decision Support
Editors: Hans-Otto Günther, Kap Hwan Kim
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b137951
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-22328-3Published: 23 August 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06102-8Published: 13 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-26686-0Published: 08 July 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 374
Topics: Operations Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing