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An integrated container management model for optimizing slot allocation plan and empty container repositioning

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  • Chia-hui Chang

    (Department of Aviation Services and Management, China University of Science and Technology, No.200, Zhonghua St., Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County 312, Taiwan, R.O.C.)

  • Lawrence W Lan

    (Department of Transportation and Logistics Management, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.)

  • Mee Lee

    (Department of Aviation Services and Management, China University of Science and Technology, No.200, Zhonghua St., Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County 312, Taiwan, R.O.C.)

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This article proposes an integrated container management model to jointly optimize slot allocation plan for loaded containers and reposition for empty containers in a shipping network. The proposed model employs linear programming to formulate loaded and empty container shipping problems in a bi-level structure. In upper level the loaded container slot allocation plan aims to maximize operational profits for each service route; whereas in lower level the reposition of empty containers aims to minimize transportation costs for the entire shipping network. The surplus or deficient empty containers resulted from the upper problem are fed into the lower problem. To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model, a real case of an intra-Asian short-sea container carrier is presented. The results show that the proposed model can serve as a decision support tool to facilitate the liner to ship the loaded and empty containers in a coordinative way.

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  • Chia-hui Chang & Lawrence W Lan & Mee Lee, 2015. "An integrated container management model for optimizing slot allocation plan and empty container repositioning," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 17(3), pages 315-340, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:marecl:v:17:y:2015:i:3:p:315-340
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    1. Hjortnaes, T. & Wiegmans, B. & Negenborn, R.R. & Zuidwijk, R.A. & Klijnhout, R., 2017. "Minimizing cost of empty container repositioning in port hinterlands, while taking repair operations into account," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 209-219.
    2. Qiaoyu Peng & Chuanxu Wang, 2022. "Ship space sharing strategies with different rental modes: How does NVOCCs cooperate with booking platform?," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 3003-3035, July.
    3. Liang, Jinpeng & Li, Liming & Zheng, Jianfeng & Tan, Zhijia, 2023. "Service-oriented container slot allocation policy under stochastic demand," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 176(C).
    4. Liang, Jinpeng & Ma, Zhongyuan & Wang, Shuang & Liu, Haitao & Tan, Zhijia, 2024. "Dynamic container slot allocation with empty container repositioning under stochastic demand," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).

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