Highlights Examines the viability of combinable containers for saving container related costs. The problem is modeled as a minimum cost multi-commodity network flow problem. The model determines the container fleet size and empty container repositioning. Mixed use of standard and combinable containers can save container related cost.
Abstract Combinable containers can either be used as a standard 20 ft or in combined state as a 40 ft container by altering the dimensional to match the cargo size. This paper examines the viability of combinable containers for saving the container related costs. We present a model of a minimum cost multi-commodity network flow problem that can be used to simultaneously determine the fleet sizes of standard and combinable containers and their empty container allocation/repositioning. Based on numerical experiments, we discovered that mixed use of both types of containers can save a significant portion of container related cost.
Combinable containers: A container innovation to save container fleet and empty container repositioning costs
2019-09-08
25 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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