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Management of empty container repositioning considering leveling marine container logistics

2016 Techno-Ocean (Techno-Ocean), 2016
This paper proposes a planning system for empty container repositioning. It is said that movement of empty containers account for thirty percentage of movement of all containers. Moreover, empty container repositioning cost no less than 234 million dollars in 2010.
Heng Wang, Kenji Tanaka
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An Optimization Model for the Inland Repositioning of Empty Containers

Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2013
The inland repositioning of empty containers is a crucial problem for shipping companies providing door-to-door transport services to customers. This activity consists of the allocation of heterogeneous fleets of empty containers between inland depots and ports, so that they can be properly positioned in anticipation of future customer requests.
OLIVO, ALESSANDRO, DI FRANCESCO, MASSIMO, ZUDDAS, PAOLA   +2 more
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Reduction of Empty Container Repositioning Costs by Container Sharing

2012
Empty container repositioning is a major cost driver for international container operators. While the share of empty containers of total sea-based container flows is around 20%, consultants estimate the rate of empty container transport for the hinterland even twice as high [1].
Herbert Kopfer, Sebastian Sterzik
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The effect of multi-scenario policies on empty container repositioning

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2009
Abstract This paper addresses a container maritime-repositioning problem where several parameters are uncertain and historical data are useless for decision-making processes. To address this problem, we propose a time-extended multi-scenario optimization model in which scenarios can be generated taking into account shipping company opinions.
DI FRANCESCO, MASSIMO, CRAINIC T. G, ZUDDAS, PAOLA   +2 more
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Maritime repositioning of empty containers under uncertain port disruptions

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2013
This paper addresses the problem of repositioning empty containers in maritime networks under possible port disruptions. Since drastically different futures may occur, the decision making process for dealing with this problem cannot ignore the uncertain nature of its parameters.
DI FRANCESCO, MASSIMO, Lai M, ZUDDAS, PAOLA   +2 more
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Assessment of empty container repositioning policies in maritime transport

The International Journal of Logistics Management, 2013
PurposeEmpty container repositioning is an important issue in the liner shipping industry. Generally stated, two groups of mathematical models have been proposed to tackle this issue. The first group aims to derive time‐dependent origin‐destination matrices that specify the number of empty containers to be repositioned at a decision epoch; the second ...
Dong JX, Xu J, Song DP
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Stochastic Optimization of Empty Container Repositioning of Sea Carriage

Advanced Materials Research, 2011
To improve the efficiency of empty container repositioning for a shipping company, a stochastic optimization model of empty container repositioning of sea carriage was established by chance-constrained programming. The objective function was to minimize the cost of empty container repositioning including shipping, rening and shortage cost. In the model,
Bin Wang, Tao Yang
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Contracting in a shipping market with empty container repositioning

2017 International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management, 2017
In this paper, we study a maritime transportation market with one ocean carrier providing maritime transportation services between two container ports. There are two freight forwarders in the two ports. Due to the imbalance of the realized demands between the two ports, the ocean carrier needs to reposition empty containers from the surplus port to the
Rongying Chen, null Mingzhu Yu
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Liner Shipping Cargo Allocation with Repositioning of Empty Containers

INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research, 2011
Abstract This paper is concerned with the cargo allocation problem considering empty repositioning of containers for a liner shipping company. The aim is to maximize the profit of transported cargo in a network, subject to the cost and availability of empty containers.
Berit Dangaard Brouer, David Pisinger, Simon Spoorendonk   +2 more
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Modelling of empty containers repositioning problem

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2020
Hop Nguyen, Trang Luong
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