Container Terminals and Cargo Systems Design, Operations Management, and Logistics Control Issues /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kim, Kap Hwan (Editor), Günther, Hans-Otto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

Since their introduction in the 1960s containers represent the standard unit-load concept for international freight. Container terminals primarily serve as an interface between different modes of transportation, e.g. domestic rail or truck transportation and deep sea maritime transport. Significant...