Reversing port rotation directions in a container liner shipping network

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-73

  Wang, Shuaian ^a   Meng, Qiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Liner shipping network design; Mixed integer linear programming; Multi commodity network flow; Port rotation directions

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION;

CONTAINER LINERS; INVENTORY COSTS; LINER SHIPPING; MINIMUM COST; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTI-COMMODITY NETWORK FLOW MODELS; MULTI-COMMODITY NETWORK FLOWS; NETWORK DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; ROTATION DIRECTIONS; SHIP ROUTES; SHIPPING CAPACITY; TRANSIT TIME;

SHIPS;

COMMODITY MARKET; CONTAINER TERMINAL; COST; LINEAR PROGRAMING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PORT OPERATION; SHIP HANDLING; SHIPPING;

EID: 84874580939     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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