Locating short‐term empty‐container storage facilities to support port operations: A user optimal approach

Locating short‐term empty‐container storage facilities to support port operations: A user optimal approach

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Article ID: iaor20114672
Volume: 47
Issue: 5
Start Page Number: 738
End Page Number: 754
Publication Date: Sep 2011
Journal: Transportation Research Part E
Authors: ,
Keywords: location
Abstract:

This paper presents three strategic‐level models for locating away‐from‐port storage yards for empty shipping containers. The main objective is to reduce the mileage involved in repositioning empty containers. The models presented attempt to capture the greedy behavior of individual trucking companies and provide for the first time a ‘user’ optimal modeling approach for empty container management. An application to the port complexes of Los Angeles and Long Beach demonstrates that savings associated with storage yards could be easily overestimated when neglecting the perspective of the individual trucking companies. Strategies to encourage system optimal behavior are proposed.

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