A matheuristic for the Cargo Mix Problem with Block Stowage

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Design and Analysis of a Lightweight Composite Shipping Container Made of Carbon Fiber Laminates

“…Christensen and Pacino [31] proposed a solution to the problem of cargo bulk blocking. They found that the demand for efficient and cheap transportation and fierce competition have resulted in lower transport rates, forcing carriers to use their vessels in the most efficient way [31]. Lee et al [32] used archival data to research a decision support system for understanding vessel speed in marine logistics, which provides more than 70% of global transport.…”

“…This work presented a generalization of the slot planning problem that arises when the liner shipping industry needs to plan the placement of containers within a vessel (stowage planning). Christensen and Pacino [31] proposed a solution to the problem of cargo bulk blocking. They found that the demand for efficient and cheap transportation and fierce competition have resulted in lower transport rates, forcing carriers to use their vessels in the most efficient way [31].…”

Optimization of Heterogeneous Container Loading Problem with Adaptive Genetic Algorithm

“…Container loading problems mainly address the issues of planning the loading order and loading position on the basis of ensuring certain constraints [1][2][3]. Study on optimization of container loading problems has an extensive engineering background and various applications on the modern management of container terminals and container shipping [4][5][6]. The container loading problem is a Nondeterministic Polynomial-(NP-) Hard problem that focuses on establishing mathematical models and seeking efficient algorithms depending on the specific environments [7,8].…”

Crane Intensity and Block Stowage Strategies in Stowage Planning

“…When containers with the same discharge port are clustered together, it is easier for the terminal to implement more advanced handling operations such as dualcycling (interchanging load and discharge operations) and tandem lifts (moving more than one container at the time). The modelling of block stowage is already present in the scientific work of e.g [1] and [4]. To the best of the author's knowledge, no research has been published on the modelling of crane intensity and its combination to a block stowage policy.…”