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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Disruptions on Container Transport

Engineering Management in Production and Services, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented disruptions in the global economy, and container transport as a predominant means of the goods flow in global supply chains.
Kuźmicz Katarzyna Anna
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Increasing the safety and operational efficiency of container transportation

Безопасность техногенных и природных систем, 2021
Introduction. Currently, there is a logistic problem in container transportation technology related to the transportation of empty freight containers, as returnable containers, since an empty container takes up as much space as a full one.
A. A. Korotkiy, Al. An. Demyanov, Al. Al. Demyanov   +2 more
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Sistema para distribuição integrada de contêineres cheios e vazios An empty and full containers integrated distribution system

Production, 2008
Este artigo apresenta um modelo de rede integrado combinando realocação de contêineres vazios e operações de transbordo de contêineres cheios e vazios, visando auxiliar gestores no tratamento do desequilíbrio normalmente existente entre quantidades de ...
Denise Lindstrom Bandeira, João Luiz Becker, Denis Borenstein   +2 more
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Design and Analysis of a Lightweight Composite Shipping Container Made of Carbon Fiber Laminates

Logistics, 2019
The literature indicates that a 20% reduction in the weight of empty 40-foot shipping containers would result in $28 billion of fuel savings, along with a 3.6 exajoule reduction in the energy demand over containers’ 15-year lifetime. Decreasing the
Turkay Yildiz
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Multi-period empty container repositioning approach for multimodal transportation

Measurement + Control
Due to the trade imbalance and poor management, a large number of empty containers are piled up after unpacking in importing regions, while the export-oriented areas are in urgent need of empty containers for replenishment.
Meiyan Chi, Xiaoning Zhu, Li Wang, Qin Zhang, Wenqian Liu   +4 more
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Pricing of Contractual Shipments and Slot Allocation in Container Liner Shipping under Stochastic Environment

Journal of Transportation and Logistics, 2023
This study aimed to propose an optimization model for slot allocation and contractual pricing that considers spot and contractual shipments and empty container repositioning under a stochastic environment.
Ercan Kurtuluş
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Optimization of multi- period empty container repositioning and renting in CHINA RAILWAY Express based on container sharing strategy

European Transport Research Review, 2021
Background With the steady growth of trade between China and Europe, the number of trains in CHINA RAILWAY Express has steadily increased under the Belt and Road Initiative. By the end of 2019, more than 21,000 trains have been operated.
Yinying Tang, Si Chen, Yuan Feng, Xinglong Zhu   +3 more
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Containers flow of LPG P-13 among different companies in a market

GEPROS: Gestão da Produção, Operações e Sistemas, 2017
This academic work features a case study about the flows of P-13 containers among supply markets of a Distribution Company of LPG. The study was performed considering the supply in Minas Gerais (MG) state, and with the analysis of supply of the companies,
Ana Carolina Ferrarini, Rogerio Scabim Morano, Alcides Barrichello   +2 more
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A Branch-and-Price-and-Cut Algorithm for the Inland Container Transportation Problem with Limited Depot Capacity

Applied Sciences
As an effective solution to the first- and last-mile logistics of door-to-door intermodal container transportation, inland container transportation involves transporting containers by truck between terminals, depots, and customers within a local area ...
Yujian Song, Yuting Zhang
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Reverse logistics system and the role of government oversight for preservation of water and soil quality: the case of pesticide empty containers

Revista Ambiente & Água, 2016
This paper discusses the reverse logistics of empty agrochemical containers, the partners involved, and it focuses on the participation of the Agricultural Defense Agency of the São Paulo state government in reducing the risk of water and soil ...
Adriana Mascarette Labinas, Marialdo Correa de Araujo   +1 more
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