Highlights ► Container transshipment at any port any number of times. ► Explicit decision variables representing transshipped containers are not required. ► The model is efficiently solved by CPLEX for real-case problems.
Abstract This paper proposes a liner ship fleet deployment (LSFD) problem with container transshipment operations. The proposed problem is formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming model which allows container transshipment operations at any port, any number of times, without explicitly defining the container transshipment variables. Experiments on the Asia–Europe–Oceania shipping network of a global liner shipping company show that more than one third (17–22 ports) of the total of 46 ports have transshipment throughputs. Computational studies based on randomly generated large-scale shipping networks demonstrate that the proposed model can be solved efficiently by CPLEX.
Liner ship fleet deployment with container transshipment operations
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review ; 48 , 2 ; 470-484
2011-10-15
15 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Liner ship fleet deployment with container transshipment operations
Online Contents | 2012
|Transportation Research Record | 2012
|Liner Ship Fleet Deployment with Uncertain Demand
Transportation Research Record | 2014
|Liner Ship Fleet Deployment with Uncertain Demand
Online Contents | 2014
|