Multimodal transport routing problem considering transshipment and accessibility: The case of the “One Belt One Road” initiative

The concept of the “One Belt and One Road”(hereinafter referred to as: OBOR) was first initiated by the Chinese government in 2013. This inter-regional initiative has been rapidly and well promoted. Transport system (especially the multimodal transport system) of the OBOR is both the condition and basis for the implementation of the initiative. This paper analyzed the multimodal transport routing problem considering transshipment and accessibility. An integrated time-spatial three-dimensional super-network was constructed for depicting the OBOR multimodal network. Based on that, a mathematical model considering transshipment and accessibility in OBOR was established. Case study of the OBOR was conducted using the proposed model. Problems with different situations of were analyzed.