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Tracking and fleet optimization of Reusable Transport Items in the shipping industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2012.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p.
Lefebvre, Jean-Marie, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology   +1 more
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An artificial neural network based decision support system for energy efficient ship operations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Reducing fuel consumption of ships against volatile fuel prices and greenhouse gas emissions resulted from international shipping are the challenges that the industry faces today.
Arslan, O.   +3 more
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Impacts of a Tracking and Tracing System for Containers in a Port-Based Supply Chain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose - Intermodal transport chains often appear as “black boxes” to the cargo owners and their clients, who lose track of the container until it arrives at the final end of the chain.
Cortés, Pablo   +3 more
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An Overview Of Empty Container Repositioning Problem

open access: yes, 2018
Containerization is considered as one of the most remarkable improvements in the shipping. Containerization has gained popularity due to its inherent advantages of supporting inter-modal transport, additional safety of goods, cost effectiveness and faster speed of transportation. Container fleets have been increasing dramatically to ensure availability
openaire   +1 more source

Reliable container supply chain under disruption. [PDF]

open access: yesAnn Oper Res, 2022
Jeong Y, Kim G, Moon I.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cooperative Liner Shipping Network Design by Means of a Combinatorial Auction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A liner shipping network design problem is considered which includes ship scheduling and cargo routing decisions. The question is how to enable loose cooperation of multiple liner shippers for jointly solving this profit maximizing network design problem.
Buer, Tobias, Haass, Rasmus
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Strategies to increase port competitiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Improving the competitiveness of local businesses and their products within worldwide markets is a vital element for the long-term economic growth of a region.
Irannezhad, Elnaz   +5 more
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New optimization models for empty container management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This thesis investigates the reasons why nowadays empty container repositioning represents a crucial issue for the shipping industry. Moreover, taking into account information collected through surveys and meetings with industrial experts, we provide a ...

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How to boost market introduction of foldable containers? The unexpected role of container lease industry

open access: yes
Transport of empty containers, which arises from the need to reposition containers, is an expensive business. This holds in particular for shipping lines, who are usually responsible for container repositioning and have to bear these container ...
Avellana, Miguel
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