Allocation of empty containers between multi-ports

Li, Jingan; Leung, Stephen C. H.; Wu, Yue; Liu, Ke

doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2006.09.003

Cited by 150 publications

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“…Choong et al present a computational analysis of the intermodal transportation network of empty container management [2]. Li et al formulate the empty container allocation between multi-ports and design a heuristic method to solve them [3]. Crainic et al introduce two dynamic deterministic formulations for the single and multi-commodity cases to offer a general modeling framework for the allocation of empty containers [4].…”

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A recursive model for static empty container allocation

Guo

Wang

Tang

et al. 2011

Front. Comput. Sci. China

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Backlogged empty containers have gradually turned into a serious burden to shipping networks. Empty container allocation has become an urgent settlement issue for the container shipping industry on a global scale. Therefore, this paper proposes an improved immune algorithm based recursive model for optimizing static empty container allocation which integrates with the global maritime container shipping network. This model minimizes the operating and capital costs during container shipping considering 0-1 mixed-integer programming. So an immune algorithm procedure based on a special twodimensional chromosome encoding is proposed. Finally, computational experiments are performed to optimize a 10-port static empty container shipping system. The results indicate that the proposed recursive model for static empty container allocation is effective in making an optimal strategy for empty container allocation.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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A recursive model for static empty container allocation

Guo

Wang

Tang

et al. 2011

Front. Comput. Sci. China

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“…Empty containers should be imported when there are less than U , empty containers should be exported when there are more than D and no action should be taken when there are between U and D empty containers. Li et al (2007) extend the work of Li et al (2004) to the multi-port case. A heuristic algorithm is developed to reduce average costs when allocating empty containers between ports.…”

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Optimization of empty container movements in intermodal transport

Braekers¹

2012

4OR-Q J Oper Res

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“…In this policy, if the number of empty containers at a port is less than U, empty containers are imported up to the amount U; if it is more than D, empty containers are exported until D amount of containers are left behind. Li et al (2007) have since extended the problem for multi-ports applications. Shen and Khoong (1995) proposed a decision support system (DSS) for empty container distribution planning.…”

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The storage capacity expansion and space leasing for container depots

Ngoc

Moon

2011

Flex Serv Manuf J

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Positioning empty containers is one of the most effective ways to solve the container imbalance problem and is affected by the capacity of depots. A shipping company will be more competitive if the depot capacity is large. This study provides a decision tool for planning the expansion of depot capacity. Mathematical models are utilized to minimize the total relevant costs that include the capacity expansion cost, storage space leasing cost, inventory holding cost, container leasing cost, and positioning cost. The problem is formulated as a mixed integer program. Then, we develop a heuristic algorithm that is based on Lagrangian relaxation. Computational experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm.

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Allocation of empty containers between multi-ports

Cited by 150 publications

References 18 publications

A recursive model for static empty container allocation

A recursive model for static empty container allocation

Optimization of empty container movements in intermodal transport

The storage capacity expansion and space leasing for container depots

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