Freight networks are a case of systems that multiple participants are composing interrelations along the complete supply chain. Their interrelations correspond to alternative behavior, namely, cooperation, non-cooperation and competition, while they are large-scale spatially distributed systems combining multiple means of transportation and the infrastructure and equipment typically utilized fo...

The Yellow Sea region is becoming an engine of economic growth for Northeast Asia. Its growth and prosperity will depend upon how well it is able to focus on improving the efficiencies of its intermodal transportation system, infrastructure, its connection to other economies and how the system relates to logistics and supply-chain management. The region is moving towards becoming a major world ...

Standardised cargo units, such as the container, have been a great technical invention for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of international transport chains. Maybe the biggest advantage of these units comes from their modularity. Modularisation can also be seen as a prerequisite for future transport systems while integrating the physcial cargo flows and related information more close...

The routing and scheduling of vehicles and their crews is an area of increasing importance. In this paper, we describe a large scale vehicle scheduling and routing problem which is of great importance to parcel distribution companies. We devise a Breeder Genetic Algorithm capable of dealing with up to 10,000 transportation requests to be serviced by an inhomoge-neous fleet of vehicles within a ...

Today, along with enhancement of social well-being andeconomic development, demand for transportation is growing increasingly.Many countries are seeking for providing transportation servicesat a reasonable price. Therefore, optimization of carrying goods on nationalor international roads is highly important in terms of costs andtransportation indicator, so that the goods are shipped at minimumc...

Over the past two decades, maritime transportation and container traffic worldwide has experienced rapid and continuous growth. With the increase in maritime transportation volume, the issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission has become one of the new concerns for port managers. Port managers and government agencies for sustainable development of maritime transportation considered "green ports" t...

This research is concentrates on a very interesting work, the bin packing using hybrid genetic approach. The optimal and feasible packing of goods for transportation and distribution to various locations by satisfying the practical constraints are the key points in this project work. As the number of boxes for packing can not be predicted in advance and the boxes may not be of same category alw...

The introduction of containers has fostered intermodal freight transportation. A definition of intermodality was provided by the European Commission as " a characteristic of a transport system whereby at least two different modes are used in an integrated manner in order to complete a door-to-door transport sequence " EUROPA 2005. The intermodal container transportation leads to several benefit...

An important role in the market of transport services belongs to container transportation. Railroads, especially under conditions increased competition from road transport, must respond quickly needs and growing demand for transportation, including interstate traffic. Demand transportation can vary significantly during year, which testifies expediency introducing removable equipment on universa...