HighlightsWe present a solution method for the liner shipping network design problem.Restrictions on transit time and number of transshipments can be handled.The improvement heuristic is applicable as a real-time decision support tool.We can construct high-quality networks for realistic data sets.Insights about vessel speeds and rejected cargos are presented.
AbstractWe present a mathematical model and a solution method for the liner shipping network design problem. The model takes into account coordination between vessels and transit time restrictions on the cargo flow. The solution method is an improvement heuristic, where an integer program is solved iteratively to perform moves in a large neighborhood search. Our improvement heuristic is applicable as a real-time decision support tool for a liner shipping company. It can be used to find improvements to the network when evaluating changes in operating conditions or testing different scenarios. Computational results on the benchmark suite LINER-LIB are reported.
Time constrained liner shipping network design
2016-03-02
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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