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The Containership Loading Problem

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  • Akio Imai

    (Department of Transportation and Information Systems Engineering, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine, Fukae, Higashinada, Kobe 658-0022 Japan)

  • Etsuko Nishimura

    (Department of Transportation and Information Systems Engineering, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine, Fukae, Higashinada, Kobe 658-0022 Japan)

  • Stratos Papadimitriou

    (Department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, 40 Karaoli & Dimitriou Str. GR-185 32 Piraeus, Greece.)

  • Kazuya Sasaki

    (Department of Transportation and Information Systems Engineering, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine, Fukae, Higashinada, Kobe 658-0022 Japan)

Abstract

The efficiency of a container terminal depends primarily on the smooth and orderly process of handling containers, especially during the ship's loading procedure. The loading plan is mainly determined by two considerations: ship stability and minimum number of rehandles required. These two basic considerations are often in conflict. Most containerships have a cellular structure, imposing a strong restriction on the order of the container loading sequence. To preserve a ship's stability, some containers may be stowed in a ship hold in middle vertical locations. A similar loading problem exists in the stacking of yard containers. If these containers are stacked in the yard under others which are to be picked up later, then the loading process requires a number of container rehandles. This paper is concerned with a ship's container load planning which satisfies these two considerations and minimises the number of rehandles.International Journal of Maritime Economics (2002) 4, 126–148. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.ijme.9100041

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  • Akio Imai & Etsuko Nishimura & Stratos Papadimitriou & Kazuya Sasaki, 2002. "The Containership Loading Problem," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 4(2), pages 126-148, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:marecl:v:4:y:2002:i:2:p:126-148
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    1. Imai, Akio & Sasaki, Kazuya & Nishimura, Etsuko & Papadimitriou, Stratos, 2006. "Multi-objective simultaneous stowage and load planning for a container ship with container rehandle in yard stacks," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 171(2), pages 373-389, June.
    2. Iris, Çağatay & Christensen, Jonas & Pacino, Dario & Ropke, Stefan, 2018. "Flexible ship loading problem with transfer vehicle assignment and scheduling," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 113-134.
    3. Sciomachen, Anna & Tanfani, Elena, 2007. "A 3D-BPP approach for optimising stowage plans and terminal productivity," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 183(3), pages 1433-1446, December.
    4. Chien-Chang Chou & Pao-Yi Fang, 2021. "Applying expert knowledge to containership stowage planning: an empirical study," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 23(1), pages 4-27, March.
    5. Cullinane, Kevin & Wang, Teng-Fei & Song, Dong-Wook & Ji, Ping, 2006. "The technical efficiency of container ports: Comparing data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 40(4), pages 354-374, May.
    6. Ambrosino, Daniela & Sciomachen, Anna & Tanfani, Elena, 2004. "Stowing a containership: the master bay plan problem," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 38(2), pages 81-99, February.
    7. Saurí, S. & Martín, E., 2011. "Space allocating strategies for improving import yard performance at marine terminals," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 47(6), pages 1038-1057.

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