Feeder Vessel Routing and Synchronization at a Congested Transshipment Port
Feeder Vessel Routing and Synchronization at a Congested Transshipment Port

Author: Jiangang Jin

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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With increasing container-shipping traffic in major transshipment ports, unsynchronized shipping services at hub ports usually lead to loss of transshipment connections, significant vessel port-stay time, and congestion. This calls for the design of feeder vessel services to pick up from and deliver containers to neighbouring local ports, and, at the same time, synchronize them with long-haul services in a manner that enables efficient container transshipment. In this paper, we present a mixed integer linear programming model to optimize the feeder vessel routes and hub port synchronization with an objective of minimizing the total operating and connection cost. We exploit the model structure and design an enhanced column generation based approach. We develop new techniques to expand the size of the column set and solve the pricing sub-problem more efficiently, and hence greatly improve solution quality comparing to the standard column generation method and another benchmark heuristic based on the Clarke-Wright savings algorithm. Two real-world case studies and additional experiments based on randomly generated test instances are conducted. Results demonstrate that the proposed approach is applicable for solving real-world-sized problems efficiently. In addition, the container transshipment connection can be significantly enhanced by integrating the synchronization decision with feeder vessel routing.

Proceeding of the VI International Ship Design & Naval Engineering Congress (CIDIN) and XXVI Pan-American Congress of Naval Engineering, Maritime Transportation and Port Engineering (COPINAVAL)
Proceeding of the VI International Ship Design & Naval Engineering Congress (CIDIN) and XXVI Pan-American Congress of Naval Engineering, Maritime Transportation and Port Engineering (COPINAVAL)

Author: Vice Admiral Jorge Enrique Carreño Moreno

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 3030359638

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This book presents the proceedings of CIDIN and COPINAVAL. The papers present the development of the navy, maritime and riverine industry, contributing to the scientific and technological progress and development in the sector. In 2019 the congresses occurred in Cartagena, Colombia, a reference for science and technology innovation for Latin-American naval industry.

Port Economics, Management and Policy
Port Economics, Management and Policy

Author: Theo Notteboom

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-01-31

Total Pages: 812

ISBN-13: 1000526933

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Port Economics, Management and Policy provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary port industry, showing how ports are organized to serve the global economy and support regional and local development. Structured in eight sections plus an introduction and epilog, this textbook examines a wide range of seaport topics, covering maritime shipping and international trade, port terminals, port governance, port competition, port policy and much more. Key features of the book include: Multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on economics, geography, management science and engineering Multisector analysis including containers, bulk, break-bulk and the cruise industry Focus on the latest industry trends, such as supply chain management, automation, digitalization and sustainability Benefitting from the authors’ extensive involvement in shaping the port sector across five continents, this text provides students and scholars with a valuable resource on ports and maritime transport systems. Practitioners and policymakers can also use this as an essential guide towards better port management and governance.

Digitalizing the Port Call Process
Digitalizing the Port Call Process

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789210049337

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"This document identifies the principal tensions and opportunities arising that are impacting the inevitable and ongoing digitalization process that is underway in the maritime sector, particularly through the authors' experience in the development and subsequent validation of the Port Collaborative Decision Making (PortCDM) concept. The document also identifies the trends of development at large and those associated with the many stakeholders that are involved in global maritime operations..."--Page 6.

Vehicle Routing
Vehicle Routing

Author: Paolo Toth

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 2014-12-05

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 1611973597

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Vehicle routing problems, among the most studied in combinatorial optimization, arise in many practical contexts (freight distribution and collection, transportation, garbage collection, newspaper delivery, etc.). Operations researchers have made significant developments in the algorithms for their solution, and Vehicle Routing: Problems, Methods, and Applications, Second Edition reflects these advances. The text of the new edition is either completely new or significantly revised and provides extensive and complete state-of-the-art coverage of vehicle routing by those who have done most of the innovative research in the area; it emphasizes methodology related to specific classes of vehicle routing problems and, since vehicle routing is used as a benchmark for all new solution techniques, contains a complete overview of current solutions to combinatorial optimization problems. It also includes several chapters on important and emerging applications, such as disaster relief and green vehicle routing.

Container Terminals and Cargo Systems
Container Terminals and Cargo Systems

Author: Kap Hwan Kim

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-08-06

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 3540495509

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This book presents new insights and successful solutions to the operational problems of automated container terminals and cargo systems. It comprises reports on the state of the art, applications of quantitative methods, as well as case studies and simulation results. Its contributions are written by leading experts from academia and business and address practitioners and researchers in logistics, transportation, and management.

Dynamics in Logistics
Dynamics in Logistics

Author: Herbert Kotzab

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-12-21

Total Pages: 697

ISBN-13: 3319235125

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This contributed volume brings together research papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Dynamics in Logistics, held in Bremen, Germany in February 2014. The conference focused on the identification, analysis and description of the dynamics of logistics processes and networks. Topics covered range from the modeling and planning of processes, to innovative methods like autonomous control and knowledge management, to the latest technologies provided by radio frequency identification, mobile communication, and networking. The growing dynamic poses wholly new challenges: logistics processes and networks must be(come) able to rapidly and flexibly adapt to constantly changing conditions. The book primarily addresses the needs of researchers and practitioners from the field of logistics, but will also be beneficial for graduate students.

Maritime Informatics
Maritime Informatics

Author: Mikael Lind

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-05-17

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 3030727858

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Shipping is the world’s oldest sharing economy and is conducted in a self-organizing manner. Shipping is capital, energy, and information intensive, and with the growing impact of digitalization and climate change, there is a need to rethink the management and operations of this critical global industry - assisted in no small way by maritime informatics. Building upon the recently published inaugural book Maritime Informatics by Springer, this book will address some of the most recent practical developments and experiences, particularly from a global perspective. The focus of the book is to address contemporary movements to tackle global concerns and to complement Maritime Informatics.

Liner Ship Fleet Planning
Liner Ship Fleet Planning

Author: Tingsong Wang

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2017-05-18

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0128115033

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Liner Ship Fleet Planning: Models and Algorithms systematically introduces the latest research on modeling and optimization for liner ship fleet planning with demand uncertainty. Container shipping companies have struggled since the financial crisis of 2007-2008, making it critical for them to make informed decisions about their fleet planning and development. Current and future shipping professionals require systematic approaches for investigating and solving their fleet planning problems, as well as methodologies for addressing their other shipping responsibilities. Liner Ship Fleet Planning addresses these needs, providing the most recent quantitative research of liner shipping in maritime transportation. The research and methods provided assist those tasked with optimizing shipping efficiency and fleet deployment in the face of uncertain demand. Suitable for those with any level of quantitative background, the book serves as a valuable resource for both maritime academics, and shipping professionals involved in planning and scheduling departments. - Introduces the latest research on maritime transportation problems - Analyzes problems of liner ship fleet planning, taking uncertainty into account - Promotes the use of mathematics to manage uncertainty, using stochastic programming models, and proposing solution algorithms to solve proposed models - Includes case studies that provide detailed examples of real-world examples of fleet optimization - Explains how stochastic programming modeling methods and solution algorithms can be applied to other research fields featuring uncertainty, such as container yard planning, berth allocation and vehicle deployment problems

Fast-Forward
Fast-Forward

Author: Richard Hillestad

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2009-08-31

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 0833048996

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Efficient movement of freight within the United States and across its borders is a critical enabler of future U.S. economic growth. The authors provide an overview of the freight-transportation system and the problems it faces, concluding with a discussion of key system-modernization issues, including increasing capacity, making the system less vulnerable to disruption, addressing environmental concerns, and building support for funding.