Journal
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 116-124Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2015.01.021
Keywords
Fleet deployment; Liner services network; Empty container repositioning; Mixed integer linear program
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71101089, 71171129]
- Doctoral Program of Higher Education Research Fund [20123121110004]
- Science & Technology Program of Shanghai Maritime University [20120243]
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Transportation demand of shipping container fluctuates due to the seasonality of international trade, thus, every 3-6 months, the liner company has to alter its current liner shipping service network, redeploy ships and design cargo routes with the objective of minimizing the total cost. To solve the problem, the paper presents a mixed integer linear program model. The proposed model incorporates several relevant constraints, such as weekly frequency, the transshipment of cargo between two or more service routes, and transport time. Extensive numerical experiments based on realistic date of Asia-Europe-Oceania shipping operations show that the proposed model can solve real-case problems efficiently by CPLEX. The results demonstrate that the model can reduce ship's capacity consumption and raise ships' capacity utilization. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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