A Survey of Logistics Problems Occurring in Container Transportation.

Abstract

This paper serves as an introduction to the types of operational problems that arise in the intermodal environment. We examine and describe problems from a wide range of topics including stowage of containers on both ship and rail, routing and scheduling of vehicles, routing of shipments on existing transportation networks, equipment management, and network design. It has become clear that the problems described here are inherently complex. In fact, for many of these problems, simply finding a feasible solution is not trivial. For selected problems, we have included initial research toward providing algorithmic solutions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 1996
Accession Number
ADA321797

Entities

People

  • Donald Ratliff
  • Donna Llewellyn
  • Itute Of Tecgreg Hunt

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Classification
  • Commodities
  • Containers
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Flow Network
  • Gantries
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Terminals
  • Transportation
  • Travel Time

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Computer Networking
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.