... presents the first analysis of three sub-topics’ intersection: warehousing, pre-positioning in disaster relief, and containerization. To the best of authors’ knowledge, containers have not been considered for storage of relief items in humanitarian logistics before. the disaster response facilities...

.... The aim of this paper is to explore the effectiveness of pre‐positioning strategies for port recovery in response to a natural disaster. Design/methodology/approach A stochastic facility location model is presented to determine where teams and commodities should be pre‐positioned in order to maximize...