Strategy and Optimization of Empty Container Transportation

ICTE 2013 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqin Liao
Keyword(s):  
Container Transportation ◽  
Empty Container

scholarly journals Empty Container Management at Ports Considering Pollution, Repair Options, and Street-Turns

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norberto Sáinz Bernat ◽  
Frederik Schulte ◽  
Stefan Voß ◽  
Jürgen Böse
Keyword(s):  
Inventory Management ◽  
Real World ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Ecological Problem ◽  
Container Transportation ◽  
Periodic Review ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Empty Container ◽  
Container Management ◽  
Empty Containers

International trade imbalances make the management of empty containers within shipping networks an important economic and ecological problem. While import-dominated ports accumulate large amounts of empty containers, export-dominated ports need them as transport resources, requiring a repositioning transportation of empty containers on the sea and land side. Acknowledging the importance of the problem, plenty of respective literature has appeared. Since periodic review inventory management systems allow to model the inherent stochasticity of empty container transportation, they have emerged as a major solution approach in the domain. Nevertheless, existing approaches often omit crucial economic and ecological real world conditions determining the success of empty container management. Pollution, repair options, and street-turns are important aspects in this context. In this work, we present new stochastic review policies incorporating a realistic allocation scheme for empty container emissions, realistic maintenance, and repair options as well as street-turns. We analyze the optimality of the proposed polices and evaluate them in a simulation model with metaheuristic parameter search based on extensive real-world data from a major global shipping company operating in Latin America. Results provide insights for academics and practitioners about the economic and ecological impact of the distinct empty container management polices within a shipping network.

scholarly journals Optimization of multi- period empty container repositioning and renting in CHINA RAILWAY Express based on container sharing strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinying Tang ◽  
Si Chen ◽  
Yuan Feng ◽  
Xinglong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Method ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Container Transportation ◽  
Empty Container ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
Sharing Strategy ◽  
China Railway ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Background With the steady growth of trade between China and Europe, the number of trains in CHINA RAILWAY Express has steadily increased under the Belt and Road Initiative. By the end of 2019, more than 21,000 trains have been operated. However, in the development of CHINA RAILWAY Express, the cost of empty container transportation and leasing remains high. So, it is necessary to put forward the strategy of container sharing. Aim Through the optimization of empty container transfer and rent under container sharing, this study aim to reduce the operation cost and put forward the strategy of container sharing. Method Considering the dynamic characteristics of empty container transportation in reality, this paper constructs a multi-period empty container transportation optimization model with the lowest total cost and the stability of the network, combining with the container sharing strategy. Lyapunov optimization method is used to transform the complex problem into a single period optimization problem, and then genetic algorithm is used to solve the model. Result Based on the analysis of 13 existing regular train companies, the results show that the model can effectively improve the utilization rate of containers and reduce the cost in the decision-making period. Based on the results and parameters analysis, some suggestions are put forward to optimize the empty container sharing and effectively realize of container sharing.

ON-LINE SCHEDULING OF EMPTY CONTAINERS

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (04) ◽  
pp. 1250018 ◽  
Author(s):  
LELE ZHANG ◽  
ANDREW WIRTH
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Container Shipping ◽  
Container Transportation ◽  
Competitive Performance ◽  
Empty Container ◽  
Transportation Management ◽  
Empty Container Repositioning ◽  
On Line ◽  
Empty Containers

This paper considers the empty container repositioning problem in an on-line scheduling setting. This optimization problem arising from container transportation management aims to balance empty containers distribution among transportation sites so as to minimize the total operating cost of loaded container shipping, empty container allocation and leasing. In this highly uncertain on-line environment we introduce a heuristic that does not attempt to balance the empty container distribution, and evaluate its competitive performance mathematically and empirically.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the energy consumption of container diesel trucks in a container terminal: A case study at Klaipeda port

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 003685042110355
Author(s):  
Tomas Eglynas ◽  
Sergej Jakovlev ◽  
Valdas Jankunas ◽  
Rimantas Didziokas ◽  
Jolanta Januteniene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Superposition Principle ◽  
Critical Parameters ◽  
Container Transportation ◽  
Industrial Emissions ◽  
Transportation Process ◽  
Diesel Trucks

Introduction: In the paper, we examine the energy consumption efficiency of specialized container diesel trucks engaged in container transportation at a seaport terminal. Objectives: Using the container terminal at Klaipėda in Lithuania as the background for the research, we produced an improved energy consumption model for measuring the theoretical energy consumption and regeneration of diesel trucks at the terminal and provide a comparative analysis. Methods: We created a mathematical model which describes the instantaneous energy consumption of the diesel trucks, taking into account their dynamic properties and the overall geometry of their routes—“Ship-Truck-Stack-Ship”—using the superposition principle. We investigated other critical parameters relevant to the model and provide a statistical evaluation of the transportation process using data from a case study of Klaipėda port, where we collected measurements of container transportation parameters using georeferenced movement detection and logs from wireless equipment positioned on the diesel-powered container trucks. Results: The modeling results showed that an instantaneous evaluation of energy consumption can reveal areas in the container transportation process which have the highest energy loss and require the introduction of new management and process control initiatives to address the regulations which are designed to decrease harmful industrial emissions and encourage novel technologies and thereby increase the eco-friendliness of existing systems. Conclusion: Based on the research results, the article can provide a reference for the estimation of diesel truck efficiency in seaport terminal operations.

A decision support system using soft computing for modern international container transportation services

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1087-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanbin Liu ◽  
Chunguang Zhou ◽  
Dongwei Guo ◽  
Kangping Wang ◽  
Wei Pang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Soft Computing ◽  
Support System ◽  
Container Transportation ◽  
Transportation Services
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