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Defining Service Quality in Tramp Shipping: Conceptual Model and Empirical Evidence
Tramp shipping constitutes a prominent segment of the shipping market. As customers increasingly seek value from service providers for low price but yet high quality services, there is a pressing need to understand critically what construe the service ...
Vinh V Thai
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Shipping optimization systems (SOS) for tramp: stochastic cargo soft time windows
Cargo time windows have been discussed in the shipping literature in several ways and within several contexts. One way considers the hard time windows, where a fixed date is assigned to both the open and close laycan for the cargo loading and discharging
Said El Noshokaty
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Port call optimization and CO2-emissions savings – Estimating feasible potential in tramp shipping
The promise of Port Call Optimization (PCO) measures such as Virtual Arrival (VA) for increased fuel efficiency in shipping is emphasized in the literature and professional ranks alike.
Axel Merkel +2 more
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Full-Shipload Tramp Ship Routing and Scheduling With Variable Speeds [PDF]
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Rune Larsen
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High-Accuracy ETA Prediction for Long-Distance Tramp Shipping: A Stacked Ensemble Approach
The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) of vessels is a vital operational indicator for voyage planning, fleet deployment, and resource allocation. However, most existing studies focus on short-distance liner services with fixed routes, while ETA prediction ...
Hongbin Chen, Pengfei Zhang
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The effects of waiting times on the bunkering decision for tramp ships
This study explores the influence of uncertain waiting times together with uncertain fuel prices, in the selection of bunker fuel stops for a shipowner engaged in tramp shipping.
Gabriel FUENTES +2 more
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Heterogeneous Tramp Ship Scheduling and Speed Optimization with Fuzzy Time Window
In order to improve the cargo owner’s satisfaction and obtain better economic benefits for shipping companies, the ship deployment along routes and speed optimization of tramp ships are studied, considering the influencing factors of ship scheduling with
FAN Houming +5 more
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EFFICIENCY OF TRAMP FLEET OPERATING UNDER THE CONTRACTS OF AFFREIGHTMENT [PDF]
The paper considers the vessels operating on carriages of bulk cargoes to get the maximum profit for the shipowner as his main goal. The items in search are the long-term contracts of affreightment with some clauses indicated as indeterminate values ...
Yuliia KOSKINA +3 more
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In recent years, increasing fuel prices, depressed market conditions and air pollution issues have brought huge challenges to the tramp shipping industry.
Lingzi Li +4 more
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Use of intermediary contracts in maritime transportation
Shipping is an integral part of the supply chain for most industries, making it the backbone of global trade. This explains the relevance of the issues of legal regulation of maritime transport, the knowledge of which is necessary for the effective ...
E. A. Naumova, E. A. Karaseva
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