Empty Container Management at Ports Considering Pollution, Repair Options, and Street-Turns
Joint Authors
Voß, Stefan
Sáinz Bernat, Norberto
Schulte, Frederik
Böse, Jürgen
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sáinz Bernat, Norberto& Schulte, Frederik& Voß, Stefan& Böse, Jürgen. 2016. Empty Container Management at Ports Considering Pollution, Repair Options, and Street-Turns. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1112100
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sáinz Bernat, Norberto…[et al.]. Empty Container Management at Ports Considering Pollution, Repair Options, and Street-Turns. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1112100
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sáinz Bernat, Norberto& Schulte, Frederik& Voß, Stefan& Böse, Jürgen. Empty Container Management at Ports Considering Pollution, Repair Options, and Street-Turns. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1112100
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1112100