A Simulation for Optimum Terminal Truck Number in a Turkish Port Based on Lean and Green Concept

ESMER S., ÇETİN İ. B., TUNA O.

ASIAN JOURNAL OF SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS, vol.26, no.2, pp.277-296, 2010 (ESCI, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s2092-5212(10)80006-9
  • Journal Name: ASIAN JOURNAL OF SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.277-296
  • Keywords: Green port, Lean port, Supply chain, Simulation, Turkish ports
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Ports, from the simple physical sea/land interface they once used to be, have successively turned into commerce and industrial centers, then into logistics and distribution platforms, and are now becoming intermodal nodes in international supply chains networks, the efficiency of which now drives trade competitiveness.