Dispatching of small containers via coastal freight liners: The case of the Aegean Sea

Sambracos, Evangelos; Paravantis, John A.; Tarantilis, Christos D.; Kiranoudis, Chris T.

doi:10.1016/s0377-2217(03)00030-4

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“…Sambracos et al (2004) study the coastal freight shipping problem to investigate the introduction of small containers for freight transport in a network of islands. Interesting research is also performed in this domain by Fagerholt (1999) who developed a set-partitioning model to determine the optimal fleet size.…”

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Corridor network design in hinterland transportation systems

2011

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In this paper the design of the service network in intermodal barge transport is studied. The network of inland barge terminals is modelled to demonstrate potential cooperations in a corridor network. Cooperation between inland terminals leads to bundling of freight flows in the hinterland of major ports. A service network design model for intermodal barge transport is developed and applied to the hinterland network of the port of Antwerp in Belgium. Selected cooperation schemes are simulated by means of a discrete event simulation model for intermodal barge transport and compared with simulation results of bundling in the port area. Cooperation between inland terminals offers an opportunity to attain economies of scale, but may not be perceived as a sole solution for reducing waiting times of inland barges at sea terminals. A combination of bundling measures in the port area and in the hinterland may be necessary to improve the intermodal transport chain.

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Section: Applications In Intermodal Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corridor network design in hinterland transportation systems

2011

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“…Sambracos et al [2] study the coastal freight shipping problem to investigate the introduction of small containers for freight transport in a network of islands. The optimization of weekly routes in liner shipping is modeled as a vehicle routing problem with time constraints by Fagerholt [3] and Karlaftis et al [4].…”

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Service network design in inland waterway liner transportation with empty container repositioning

Xie

2015

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Introduction As inland shipping has been playing a more and more important role in integrated transportation system, the optimization of such a network with empty containers reposi-tioning is of great practical significance to raise inland shipping service level so as to promote freight mode shift from land to water. This paper addresses the construction of system service network for inland water containers transportation (IWCT). Method We incorporate the specific natures of inland waterway containers transportation and formulate the inland waterway system containers transportation into a mathematic model. It is a complex giant problem to optimize routing and fleet deployment for the whole network at the same time. Thus, a combined algorithm with genetic algorithm (GA) and Integer programming (IP) calculations are designed to solve this program. Further, a network of Yangtze River ports is studied. Results A set of shipping routes, including the calling ports, service frequency and type of the used ship of each route are figured out by the IWCT network optimization model. This set of shipping routes is a combination of short routes and long routes. The direct links are commonly used for moving large quantities of containers between two ports. While for small containers flow, longer routes are used to bund cargo flows by calling as many ports as possible. Conclusion Most present network optimization studies are focused on network design and fleet deployment about ocean and coastal container shipping. However the features of inland water shipping network are different and related studies are rare. This paper aims to fill this gap. Taking the specific features of IWCT into consideration, the proposed model is suitable for the service network design in IWCT network. And the experimental results verify the validity of the combined algorithm. Point-to-point direct route is the most economic mode for large cargo flows between ports. When the containers flow is small, routes calling at multiple ports can achieve economies of scale through bundling.

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“…They used a heuristic algorithm to solve the MIP formulation for the problem. Sambracos et al (2003) investigated the introduction of small containers in a coastal shipping system in the Aegean Sea. They proposed a MIP model to determine the number of similar container vessels to use while ship operations were modeled as a vehicle routing problem.…”

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A survey on maritime fleet size and mix problems

Pantuso

Fagerholt

Hvattum

2014

European Journal of Operational Research

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This paper presents a literature survey on the fleet size and mix problem in maritime transportation. Fluctuations in the shipping market and frequent mismatches between fleet capacities and demands highlight the relevance of the problem and call for more accurate decision support. After analyzing the available scientific literature on the problem and its variants and extensions, we summarize the state of the art and highlight the main contributions of past research. Furthermore, by identifying important real life aspects of the problem which past research has failed to capture, we uncover the main areas where more research will be needed.

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Dispatching of small containers via coastal freight liners: The case of the Aegean Sea

Cited by 95 publications

References 16 publications

Corridor network design in hinterland transportation systems

Corridor network design in hinterland transportation systems

Service network design in inland waterway liner transportation with empty container repositioning

A survey on maritime fleet size and mix problems

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