Title :
A container off hire allocation model with prioritization for shipping lines
Author :
Zhang Li ; Ding Hongwei ; Wang Wei ; Wang Xiaoqing
Author_Institution :
BAO & SCM/Logistics Res., IBM Res. - China, Beijing, China
Abstract :
The container off hire allocation problem occurs in the context of the marine and inland container repositioning for liner shipping industry. It involves transportation demand forecasting, container inventory planning, vessel and voyage scheduling as well as redelivery priorities of various container types. In this paper, the process and influence factors of the problem are described. Then a basic optimization model is proposed to minimize the total operational cost under the limitation of return quantities/rates to each node in the off hire process. Finally, computing results are illustrated by numerical analysis.
Keywords :
containers; cost reduction; forecasting theory; optimisation; scheduling; ships; transportation; basic optimization model; container inventory planning; container off hire allocation model; inland container repositioning; liner shipping industry; marine container repositioning; numerical analysis; shipping line; total operational cost minimisation; transportation demand forecasting; vessel scheduling; voyage scheduling; Context; Integrated circuits; Load modeling; Schedules; container allocation; off hire process; optimization model; prioritization;
Conference_Titel :
Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Suzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2400-7
DOI :
10.1109/SOLI.2012.6273554
