Finding potential hub locations for liner shipping

The current models for hub location problems are unable to find potential hub locations in uncharted areas that currently have no port. To explore hub locations that are not selected from the present ports, this study proposes a two-stage method to address this gap in knowledge. A concave cost multicommodity network flow model is solved in the first stage to obtain container traffic in waterways. Then, in the second stage, a hubbing probability is evaluated for each node to indicate potential hub locations. A case study including emerging Arctic routes is provided to demonstrate this method.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2016.03.005
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191261516000424
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01912615
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Sun, Zhuo
  • Zheng, Jianfeng
• Publication Date: 2016-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 750-761
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
  • Volume: 93, Part B
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0191-2615
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01912615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container traffic; Hubs; Liner shipping; Location
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concave functions
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Ocean
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01616693
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 21 2016 1:24PM