Optimizing Liner Shipping Fleet Repositioning Plans
This monograph addresses several critical problems to the operations of shipping lines and ports, and provides algorithms and mathematical models for use by shipping lines and port authorities for decision support. One of these problems is the repositioni
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Kevin Tierney
Optimizing Liner Shipping Fleet Repositioning Plans
Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series
Volume 57
Series Editors: Ramesh Sharda Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Stefan Voß University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6375
Kevin Tierney
Optimizing Liner Shipping Fleet Repositioning Plans
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Kevin Tierney Decision Support & Operations Research Lab University of Paderborn Paderborn, Germany
ISSN 1387-666X Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series ISBN 978-3-319-17664-2 ISBN 978-3-319-17665-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-17665-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015938698 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www. springer.com)
Contents
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Approach and Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Containerized Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Liner Shipping Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.2 Network Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.1 Fuel Consumption and Slow-Stea
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