A critical review on the evolution and development of inland port research

Witte, Patrick; Wiegmans, Bart; Ng, Adolf K.Y.

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.11.001

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“…However, there is still no definitive consensus about which term or definition to use for the facilities fitting the above description (Rodrigue et al 2010). Nevertheless, the term "dry port" has been advocated by many researchers, as it captures the broad understanding scholars have regarding the concept (Witte et al 2019). The review papers have suggested a number of dry port classifications, i.e., different taxonomies (Table 3).…”

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Dry ports: research outcomes, trends, and future implications

Khaslavskaya

Roso

2020

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The concept of dry ports has gained significant interest among practitioners and researchers in the last decade. Consequently, publications on this topic have followed this development, and today there are more than 100 papers available in the Scopus and Science Direct databases, compared with only two papers in 2007. The purpose of this paper is to summarize current scientific knowledge on the phenomenon and to identify research outcomes, trends, and future research implications by conducting a systematic literature review (SLR). SLR is an explicit and reproducible method that ensures the reliability and traceability of the results. The selection of relevant papers was performed independently by each author using Rayyan QCRI software; the coding and analysis were conducted with the help of NVivo qualitative data analysis software. Findings show that the research area is largely represented by qualitative cases and optimization studies covering various aspects of dry ports. Dry port examples around the world differ based on location, functions, services, ownership, and maturity level. Although the research area is young and discrete, five main thematic areas are identified: debate on the concept, environmental impact, economic impact, performance impact, and dry ports from a network perspective. Keywords Dry port • Intermodal transportation • Hinterland • Seaport inland access • Systematic literature review We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the time and effort devoted by the MEL reviewers to improving the quality of this work. This research was funded in part by the Interreg Valu2Sea project.

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Dry ports: research outcomes, trends, and future implications

Khaslavskaya

Roso

2020

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“…Recent research has made good progress in applying most of the traditional modelling approaches, such as multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) and mixed-integer programming (MIP) approach, from facility location theory to dry port developments (Chang et al, 2015;Witte et al, 2019). However, most of exiting research addresses the dry port location problem on a small scale, while the large-scale optimization of dry port locations is still understudied.…”

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A data-driven optimization of large-scale dry port location using the hybrid approach of data mining and complex network theory

Nguyen

Zhang

Zhou

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Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Re

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“…The development of inland terminals or dry ports is one of the approaches that has attracted more attention in the last years to reduce seaport congestion, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the environmental impact on the seaport surroundings [9][10][11]. Over the past 25 years, a considerable amount of literature addressing inland port development has emerged [12]. Witte et al (2019) reviewed a total of 80 papers from 1992 until 2017 [12].…”

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“…Over the past 25 years, a considerable amount of literature addressing inland port development has emerged [12]. Witte et al (2019) reviewed a total of 80 papers from 1992 until 2017 [12]. They showed that the amount of research on inland terminals started rising in the early 2000s and that many of the studies are focused on the role of inland terminals as part of the supply chain.…”

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Improving the Performance of Dry and Maritime Ports by Increasing Knowledge about the Most Relevant Functionalities of the Terminal Operating System (TOS)

Hervás-Peralta¹,

Poveda-Reyes²,

Molero³

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Maritime transport in the European Union has increased in the last years, triggering congestion in many of the most important sea and river ports. A lot of works have highlighted how the connection between these ports and dry ports can contribute to reducing port congestion and emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs). This work aims to improve the knowledge about the functionalities of Terminal Operating Systems (TOSs) managing container terminals of sea, river, and dry ports, with the aim of improving their performance and contributing to reducing congestion and GHG emissions to achieve a higher sustainability. The contribution and novelty of this paper in the field of container-terminals logistics research is the use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to identify and hierarchize TOS functionalities. The robustness of the model was checked by applying a sensitivity analysis. One hundred and seven functionalities were grouped into six main clusters: Warehouse, Maritime Operations, Gate, Master Data, Communications, and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Dashboard. The results show that time tracking of vessels, space optimization, development of loading and unloading lists, and optimization of container locations are the most important functionalities of a TOS. This work is addressed to developers, sellers, managers, and users of TOSs and researchers working on container-terminal performance.

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A critical review on the evolution and development of inland port research

Cited by 72 publications

References 52 publications

Dry ports: research outcomes, trends, and future implications

Dry ports: research outcomes, trends, and future implications

A data-driven optimization of large-scale dry port location using the hybrid approach of data mining and complex network theory

Improving the Performance of Dry and Maritime Ports by Increasing Knowledge about the Most Relevant Functionalities of the Terminal Operating System (TOS)

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