Container transportation has become an important part of global transportation and it may
gain a new potential in the light of the Chinese One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, known …

This paper mainly evaluates the previously published fleet planning researches which
primarily utilize operations research and computational intelligence based techniques. An …

This paper addresses the container ship routing problem in inland waterway liner
transportation. Given estimated weekly full container shipping demands between port pairs …

This paper studies an integrated human-robot routing problem arising in collaborative order
picking systems. Travelling routes of pickers and robots interact with each other and …

Over the past decade, the expansion of China's auto exports and pulp imports has
presented challenges to the international shipping sector. This study examines the features …

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 …

This paper investigates a robust optimization problem concerning the integration of fleet
deployment and empty container repositioning in a shipping line network, where a fleet of …

The global trade disproportion results in the accumulation of containers in import-dominated
ports and shortages in export-dominated ports, causing congestion and high freight costs …

Foldable containers constitute an emerging technology that returns an operational benefit in
terms of cost savings and green transportation by curtailing empty container movements …

Because of the extreme imbalance in intercontinental trade, the repositioning of empty
containers creates a significant problem for shipping companies. There are many efforts to …