This paper provides an analysis of the role of pipelines in urban areas for the distribution of freight -- an idea that has been considered, and even attempted occasionally over the last 150 years. No attempt has been made previously to pull together the relevant literature, and this paper...

This paper considers an empty container repositioning policy with flexible destination ports. The policy only specifies the direction of the empty flows, whereas ports of destinations are not determined in advance and empty containers are unloaded from vessels as needed. Interviews with...