1. Seaport- dry port network design considering multimodal transport and carbon emissions
- Author
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Yu-Chung Tsao and Vu Thuy Linh
- Subjects
050210 logistics & transportation ,Multimodal transport ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Strategy and Management ,05 social sciences ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Nonlinear programming ,Transport engineering ,Network planning and design ,Road transport ,Decision variables ,Greenhouse gas ,0502 economics and business ,Environmental science ,Dry port ,Game theory ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
Dry port can speed the flow of cargo between ships and major land transportation networks while reducing carbon emissions and relieving seaport congestion. This study introduces a continuous approximation model to facilitate the design of a seaport-dry-port network that takes carbon emissions into account. Multimodal transport with two transport modes: rail and road are considered. Containers are delivered quickly from shippers to dry ports through road transport; then transferred to seaport through rail transport to save money and reduce carbon emission. For decision-making scheme, a game theory is used to help the seaport, dry ports, and shippers optimize their own benefits and guide them to determine their decision variables. A nonlinear optimization technique is used to solve this seaport-dry-port network design problem. The closed-form of all decision variables is found directly. A numerical study is conducted to derive managerial insights. The results show that the development of dry port concepts and multimodal transports could reduce the carbon cost from road transport.
- Published
- 2018