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Handbook of Terminal Planning
Jurgen W. . Ed(S): Bose
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Description for Handbook of Terminal Planning
Paperback. Setting out the latest theory on container terminal design, this book contains the technical basics needed for strategic planning, especially implementing 'order of magnitude' improvements, and aids CT fundamental dimensioning from a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Bose, Jurgen W. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series. Num Pages: 433 pages, 25 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; KJT; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 656.
Container Terminals (CT) operate as central nodes in worldwide hub-and-spoke networks and link ocean-going vessels with smaller feeder vessels as well as with inbound and outbound hinterland transportation systems using road, rail, or inland waterways. The volume of transcontinental container flows has gained appreciably over the last five decades -- throughput figures of CT reached new records, frequently with double-digit annual growth rates. Stimulated by throughput requirements and stronger competition between terminals settled in the same region or serving a similar hinterland, respectively, cost efficiency and throughput capabilities become more and more important. Nowadays, both terminal capacity and costs have ... Read more
Container Terminals (CT) operate as central nodes in worldwide hub-and-spoke networks and link ocean-going vessels with smaller feeder vessels as well as with inbound and outbound hinterland transportation systems using road, rail, or inland waterways. The volume of transcontinental container flows has gained appreciably over the last five decades -- throughput figures of CT reached new records, frequently with double-digit annual growth rates. Stimulated by throughput requirements and stronger competition between terminals settled in the same region or serving a similar hinterland, respectively, cost efficiency and throughput capabilities become more and more important. Nowadays, both terminal capacity and costs have ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
433
Condition
New
Series
Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series
Number of Pages
433
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461428213
SKU
V9781461428213
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Ref
99-15
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