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Optimization Model for Transportation of Container Cargoes considering Short Sea Shipping and External Cost
- Source :
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2166:99-108
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2010.
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Abstract
- To alleviate harm to the environment, short sea shipping (SSS) is gaining popularity in transportation policy formulation as an alternative transport mode for ecofriendly and cost-efficient transportation. There have been no studies of how to optimize intermodal container movement incorporating environmental aspects into SSS networks. This paper analyzes an intermodal transportation problem of international container cargoes while incorporating the external costs of the modes into an optimization model in South Korea. The objective of the problem is to minimize the total logistic costs, that is, shipping and land transportation costs, as well as external costs such as air pollutants (particulate matter, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, and volatile organic compounds) and greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide). The results of the model show a strong foundation for encouraging more environmentally friendly modes, such as SSS and rail, and a well-balanced modal shift if transport policy is formulated in this direction.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
Air pollution
Transportation theory
Particulates
medicine.disease_cause
Environmentally friendly
Transport engineering
Greenhouse gas
Container (abstract data type)
medicine
Short sea shipping
business
Externality
Civil and Structural Engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21694052 and 03611981
- Volume :
- 2166
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d3720aebb3499d0610f22a46af3d5974