The aim of this paper is to provide insights for better modeling hub location problems to help
create a road map for future hub location research. We first present a taxonomy to provide a …

Multimodal transportation offers an advanced platform for more efficient, reliable, flexible,
and sustainable freight transportation. Planning such a complicated system provides …

This paper surveys the extant research in the field of ocean container transport. A wide
range of issues is discussed including strategic planning, tactical planning and operations …

Hub location problem (HLP) is a relatively new extension of classical facility location
problems. Hubs are facilities that work as consolidation, connecting, and switching points for …

We review research on ship routing and scheduling and related problems during the new
millennium and provide four basic models in this domain. The volume of research in this …

Last year was the 25th anniversary of two seminal transportation hub location publications,
which appeared in 1986 in Transportation Science and Geographical Analysis. Though …

This paper reviews studies from the past 30 years that use operations research methods to
tackle containership routing and scheduling problems at the strategic, tactical, and …

This paper first calibrates the bunker consumption–sailing speed relation for container ships
using historical operating data from a global liner shipping company. It proceeds to …

Reducing fuel consumption of ships against volatile fuel prices and greenhouse gas
emissions resulted from international shipping are the challenges that the industry faces …

To mitigate climate change due to international shipping, the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) requires shipowners and ship technical managers to improve the energy …