Adopting ro-ro transportation in inland China: a decision criteria survey of shippers, forwarders, and haulers

Yu, Kun Ming; Wang, Yong J.; Moberg, Christopher R.; Cruthirds, Kevin W.

doi:10.1504/ijlsm.2013.057506

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“…Moreover, it also provides the possibility of transporting odd sized cargo and heavy machinery which are otherwise challenging to transport. The above mentioned points are proven to have a critical impact on the maritime transport choice [4] [24] [37].…”

Section: Flexibility and Conveniencementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Short Sea Roll-on Roll-off Shipping through Optimization of Cargo Stowage and Operations

Jia¹

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Maritime transport is the backbone of global trade. In Europe, short sea Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) shipping is a dominant transportation mode due to its flexibility and connectivity. Faced with many challenges to comply with international regulations and remain competitive, there calls for a need for researchers to investigate inefficiencies and propose solutions, as scarce research is found related to the RoRo shipping industry. Thus, the PhD study aims to contribute to the field of sustainable RoRo cargo operations with a focus on stowage through digitalization and optimization methods. The principle is to develop solutions that can be implemented and integrated into planning tools to support decision makings of practitioners.Specifically, this thesis investigates the problems of stowage planning, dual cycling, and cargo discharge time estimation, inspired and motivated by DFDS, one of the largest short sea RoRo shipping companies in Europe. Thanks to our close collaboration, primary inefficiencies are identified and problems are formulated in the industry setting. Mathematical models, a heuristic, and a statistical framework have been proposed and tested on real data. Results indicate that this thesis has a significant impact on improving sustainability, in particular, fuel and emission reduction of RoRo shipping industry.The thesis has demonstrated how optimization and statistical methods can contribute to solving complex industrial problems. This is believed to be of great interest to both the maritime community and the data science community. The work resulted in four research articles: three published and one under review. Finally, the thesis closes with a conclusion and future work relevant to both communities in order to build a more sustainable the RoRo shipping industry.iii ResuméMaritim transport er rygraden i den globale handel. I Europa er short-searoll-on/roll-off (RoRo) shipping en dominerende transportform på grund af dens fleksibilitet og sammenkobling med andre transportformer. Branchen står over for mange udfordringer for at overholde internationale regler og forblive konkurrencedygtige, og derfor er der et behov for forskning der undersøger ineffektivitet og foreslår løsninger, der bidrager til RoRo-industrien, da området mangler yderligere forskning. Ph.d.-afhandlingen har således til formål at bidrage til baeredygtig RoRo-drift med fokus på stowage gennem digitaliserings-og optimeringsmetoder. Princippet er at udvikle løsninger, der kan implementeres og integreres i planlaegningsvaerktøjer til at støtte beslutningstagere i industrien.Specifikt undersøger denne afhandling problemerne med stowage planning, dual cycling og estimering af cargo discharge time inspireret og motiveret af DFDS, et af de største short-sea-RoRo-rederier i Europa. Takket vaere vores taette samarbejde identificeres primaere ineffektiviteter, og problemer formuleres så taet på virkeligeheden som muligt. Matematiske modeller, en heuristik og en statistisk ramme er blevet foreslået og testet på reelle data. Resultaterne ind...

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Section: Flexibility and Conveniencementioning

confidence: 99%