کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1023820 | 941648 | 2011 | 14 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

This paper proposes a liner shipping service network design problem with combined hub-and-spoke and multi-port-calling operations and empty container repositioning. It first introduces a novel concept – segment – defined as a pair of ordered ports served by one shipping line and subsequently develops a mixed-integer linear programming model for the proposed problem. Extensive numerical experiments based on realistic Asia–Europe–Oceania shipping operations show that the proposed model can be efficiently solved by CPLEX for real-case problems. They also demonstrate the potential for large cost-savings over pure hub-and-spoke or pure multi-port-calling network, or network without considering empty container repositioning.
Research highlights
► We define the segment-based laden container flow and leg based empty container flow.
► We develop a mixed-integer liner programming model for the liner shipping network design with combined H&S and multi-port-calling operations.
► Extensive numerical experiments based on realistic Asia-Europe-Oceania shipping operations show that the proposed model can be efficiently solved by CPLEX for real-case problems.
Journal: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review - Volume 47, Issue 5, September 2011, Pages 695–708