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Robust empty container repositioning considering foldable containers

European Journal of Operational Research, 2020
Abstract Because of the extreme imbalance in intercontinental trade, the repositioning of empty containers creates a significant problem for shipping companies. There are many efforts to reduce the cost of repositioning empty containers, one of which is a foldable container.
Sangyoon Lee, Ilkyeong Moon
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Port dynamic empty container reuse

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2006
In this paper, empty container movements in the Los Angeles and Long Beach (LA/LB) port area are studied in an effort to reduce congestion by optimizing the empty container reuse. The dynamic empty container reuse is modeled analytically, and techniques are developed to optimize empty container operations.
Jula, H., Chassiakos, Anastassios, Ioannou, Petros A., Jula, H., Chassiakos, Anastassios, Ioannou, Petros A.   +5 more
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Foldable and standard containers in empty container repositioning

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2013
Strategies to reposition empty containers are an unabated issue for shipping companies. This study compares the repositioning costs of foldable containers to those of standard containers. Mathematical models are used to minimize the total relevant cost, which includes the folding/unfolding cost, the inventory storage cost, the container purchasing cost,
Ilkyeong Moon, Anh-Dung Do Ngoc, Rob Konings   +2 more
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Empty container exchange among liner carriers

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2015
Abstract In an attempt to reduce the empty container repositioning costs, this paper studies an empty container allocation problem considering the coordination among liner carriers. We further measure the perceived values of empty container at different ports. The perceived values of empty container at the surplus (deficit) ports are described by the
Jianfeng Zheng, Zhuo Sun, Ziyou Gao
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ON-LINE SCHEDULING OF EMPTY CONTAINERS [PDF]

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 2012
This paper considers the empty container repositioning problem in an on-line scheduling setting. This optimization problem arising from container transportation management aims to balance empty containers distribution among transportation sites so as to minimize the total operating cost of loaded container shipping, empty container allocation and ...
LELE ZHANG, ANDREW WIRTH
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Maritime Empty Container Repositioning

International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, 2014
Maritime shipping containers are important to a number of different industries as they facilitate the reduction of transportation costs. To address the needs of shippers, empty containers need to be repositioned globally between seaports. Since the cost of empty container repositioning (ECR) constitutes a significant element of the total cost of ...
Hossein Khakbaz, Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya   +1 more
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Empty Container Repositioning

2014
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.Empty container repositioning (ECR) is one of the most important issues in the liner shipping industry. Not only does it have an economic effect on the stakeholders in the container transport chain, but it also has an environmental and sustainability impact on the society since the reduction of empty
Song D-P, Dong J-X
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Empty containers repositioning

Proceedings of the 2010 Spring Simulation Multiconference, 2010
Since the beginning of containerization, empty containers repositioning has been an on-going issue in the maritime transportation industry. Over the years several research works have been developed in order to face the reposition of empty containers. This paper provides the readers with an accurate overview on methodologies and scientific approaches ...
CIMINO A, DIAZ R, LONGO, Francesco, MIRABELLI, Giovanni   +3 more
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Empty container repositioning - a review

2010 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, 2010
Empty container repositioning, arousing coincidentally with the container shipping business, shows its significance nowadays in container control area, in which one of the key issues is the balance of container load and empty container transportation.
null Cong Liu, null Zhibin Jiang, null Feng Chen, null Xiao Liu, null Liming Liu, null Zhou Xu   +5 more
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