Handbook of Terminal Planning

Container Terminals (CT) operate as central nodes in worldwide hub-and-spoke networks and link ocean-going vessels with smaller feeder vessels as well as with inbound and outbound hinterland transportation systems using road, rail, or inland waterways. The volume of transcontinental container flows has gained appreciably over the last five decades -- throughput figures of CT reached new records, frequently with double-digit annual growth rates. Stimulated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461428211
• ISBN13: 9781461428213
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 433 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"