Managing empty-container movements is one of the most challenging logistics problems in
the shipping field. With the growth of global trade imbalance, the repositioning process has …

Due to an ever-increasing movement of containers across the globe in line with the
economic boom, the trade imbalance and issues related to empty containers have become …

The logistics and transportation sectors are struggling to manage empty containers (ECs),
resulting in unused resources, inefficiencies, and increased CO2 emissions. The Physical …

In this article, the authors treat the problem of container storage in the export direction,
exactly in the containership loading process. The authors propose an approach to the …

Maritime transport moves a majority of the goods and global trade around the globe. This
mode of transport involves loading and unloading of containers at ports. Upon arrival at a …

To address this challenge, the present study leverages a meta-heuristic approach aimed at
identifying an optimal storage plan for containers within a storage area. This approach is …

A container terminal is a complicated system made up of several components in
interdependence. Several materials handle possible to move containers at the port to better …

This article describes how in the maritime transportation sector, containerization represents
one of the most remarkable improvements. In fact, the different shipping companies provide …

Over the past decades, container transportation management has become an important part
of the global maritime industry. Due to an ever-increasing movement of containers across …

Carpooling involves sharing your personal vehicle to make a common trip in order to share
the costs of fuel, toll, or simply to exchange. The goal of this work is to adopt an ideal …