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

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 …

The maritime transportation flows and container demand have been increasing over time,
although the COVID-19 pandemic may slow down this trend for some time. One of the …

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 …

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 …

Abstract Hub Location Problems (HLPs) lie at the heart of network design planning in
transportation and telecommunication systems. They constitute a challenging class of …

Abstract The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has imposed restrictions on the sulfur
content of global marine fuels since 2020, putting the international container shipping and …

Lowering fuel consumption of ships has gained a great deal of attention in maritime industry
with regards to both environmental and economic concerns. The potential for fuel economy …