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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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Container truck scheduling problem under empty container return policy

2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), 2018
In this paper, we study a container truck scheduling problem under empty return policy(CTS-ECR) issued by shipping lines. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to consider the return policy into the truck scheduling problem. In the backhaul area, trucking companies provide delivery service of full or empty freight containers.
Liu, Ming, Liu, Rongfan, Wang, Shijin, Chu, Feng, Chu, Chengbin   +4 more
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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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Regional empty marine container management

2008
Empty container repositioning is one of the longstanding and ongoing issues in the containerized maritime trade. Even though it is a non-revenue generating, expensive and undesirable exercise, it is an integral part of an overall efficient global transportation system, which balances demand and supply of empty containers between regions.
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The study on empty containers allocation in the container transportation

2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2008
This article makes a systematical description to the process of empty containers allocation, explains the subjective and objective reason which causes the empty container allocation, the characteristic of empty container allocation and the question which exists in the practice and the actual operation of container transportation, analyzes the goal and ...
Ran Wang, Xu Zhao, Wenhao Yu, Weihong Zou   +3 more
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Managing Empty Containers

2023
Y. H. Venus Lun, Kee-hung Lai, T. C. Edwin Cheng, Dong Yang   +3 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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Modelling of empty containers repositioning problem

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2020
Hop Nguyen, Trang Luong
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Cooperation in Empty Container Logistics

2014
Seaborne container transport volumes have doubled between 2001 and 2011 from 59 to 118 million TEU. The demand for container transport also induces demand for empty container repositionings, as not all import locations have an equally large demand for export of containerized cargo.
Jahn, Carlos, Schlingmeier, Johannes
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Empty Equipment Logistics and Empty Container Repositioning (ECR)

2022
Dong-Ping Song, Jingxin Dong
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