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Regional empty marine container management

2008
Empty container repositioning is one of the longstanding and ongoing issues in the containerized maritime trade. Even though it is a non-revenue generating, expensive and undesirable exercise, it is an integral part of an overall efficient global transportation system, which balances demand and supply of empty containers between regions.
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The study on empty containers allocation in the container transportation

2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2008
This article makes a systematical description to the process of empty containers allocation, explains the subjective and objective reason which causes the empty container allocation, the characteristic of empty container allocation and the question which exists in the practice and the actual operation of container transportation, analyzes the goal and ...
Ran Wang, Xu Zhao, Wenhao Yu, Weihong Zou   +3 more
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Liner shipping hub location and empty container repositioning: Use of foldable containers and container leasing

Expert systems with applications, 2023
Qian Wang, Jianfeng Zheng, Bo Lu
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Empty container leasing and channel coordination in a Dual-Channel container transportation service chain based on joint contracts

Computers & industrial engineering, 2023
Tian Luo, Daofang Chang, Zhenyu Xu, Xiaoyuan Hu   +3 more
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Managing Empty Containers

2023
Y. H. Venus Lun, Kee-hung Lai, T. C. Edwin Cheng, Dong Yang   +3 more
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Reduction of Empty Container Repositioning Costs by Container Sharing

2012
Empty container repositioning is a major cost driver for international container operators. While the share of empty containers of total sea-based container flows is around 20%, consultants estimate the rate of empty container transport for the hinterland even twice as high [1].
Herbert Kopfer, Sebastian Sterzik
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Modelling of empty containers repositioning problem

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2020
Hop Nguyen, Trang Luong
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Cooperation in Empty Container Logistics

2014
Seaborne container transport volumes have doubled between 2001 and 2011 from 59 to 118 million TEU. The demand for container transport also induces demand for empty container repositionings, as not all import locations have an equally large demand for export of containerized cargo.
Jahn, Carlos, Schlingmeier, Johannes
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Design of empty container depot layouts using data and analytics

Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 2022
Erhan Karakaya, Alice E. Smith, R. G. G. Ramírez, J. Pascual   +3 more
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Empty Equipment Logistics and Empty Container Repositioning (ECR)

2022
Dong-Ping Song, Jingxin Dong
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