Maritime container logistics and onshore transportation systems ( Part 2 )
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The last decade has seen tremendous investments in new container ports, vessels, and linked onshore transportation systems. Due to the high level of customer service requested and the complexity of logistic processes in seaport container terminals, many terminal operators have attempted to improve the performance of their terminals by applying new technologies including automated equipment, advanced information technologies, and optimization techniques. The demand for these new technologies has been further intensified as the size of deep-sea vessels gets larger and coastal and landside transportation systems are linked to major container ports. As a result, global freight networks are emerging which combine maritime transport, inland waterways and onshore road and rail transportation systems. The primary objective of this special issue is to reflect the recent developments in maritime and landside container transport and to examine research issues concerned with quantitative analysis and decision support for container terminal logistics and freight transportation systems. For the second part of the special issue six papers
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