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 …

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 …

Efficient inspection of ships at ports to ensure their compliance with safety and
environmental regulations is of vital significance to maritime transportation. Given that …

Container terminals play an important role in the transportation of containerized goods in
global supply chains. The number of containers handled in container terminals has …

To improve the operational efficiency, blockchain technology has been gradually applied
into the container shipping industry. As an easier, faster, more efficient platform, blockchain …

The purpose of revenue management (RM) is to maximize revenue growth for a company by
optimizing product/service availability and prices based on micro-level forecasting of …

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

Abstract Container-shipping-lines (CSLs) operate in a highly competitive market with high
demand volatility. Unlike many other industries in which risk-averse attitude is dominating, it …

Container shipping is facing severe overcapacity, fierce price-based competition and high
demand uncertainty. It is natural that some shipping lines may adopt a risk-aversion attitude …

The flourishing development of e-commerce technologies has fostered the rapid
development of shipping e-commerce, which has a huge development potential especially …