The liner shipping berth scheduling problem with transit times

Line Reinhardt, Christian Edinger Munk Plum, David Pisinger, Mikkel Sigurd, Guillaume Vial

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Abstract

In this paper speed optimization of an existing liner shipping network is solved by adjusting the port berth times. The objective is to minimize fuel consumption while retaining the customer transit times including the transhipment times. To avoid too many changes to the time table, changes of port berth times are only accepted if they lead to savings above a threshold value. Since the fuel consumption of a vessel is a non-linear convex function of the speed, it is approximated by a piecewise linear function. The developed model is solved using exact methods in less than two minutes for large instances. Computational experiments on real-size liner shipping networks are presented showing that fuels savings in the magnitude 2–10% can be obtained. The work has been carried out in collaboration with Maersk Line and the tests instances are confirmed to be representative of real-life networks.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftTransportation Research. Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Vol/bind86
Sider (fra-til)116-128
Antal sider14
ISSN1366-5545
DOI
StatusUdgivet - feb. 2016
Udgivet eksterntJa

Emneord

  • Cubic function
  • Linear approximation
  • Liner shipping
  • Speed optimization
  • Transit times

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