Container terminal potential hinterland delimitation in a multi-port system subject to a regionalization process

• Published in: Journal of transport geography Vol. 75; pp. 132 - 146
• Main Authors: Santos, Tiago A., Guedes Soares, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Computer terminals; Container terminal; Containers; Intermodal; Intermodal transportation; Logistics; Port hinterland; Port regionalization; Railroad yards and terminals; Supply chains; Transit time; Transportation engineering; Transportation models; Transportation terminals; Port hinterland; Container terminal; Intermodal transportation; Supply chains; Port regionalization; Logistics

This paper presents a methodology for delimiting the potential hinterland of container terminals that consists in calculating the minimum generalised costs from load centers to different container terminals, using one of a set of possible intermodal or unimodal transportation solutions. Generalised...