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 …

The area of maritime transportation optimization has recently begun to achieve increasing
success at solving large scale models, and industry is steadily adopting operations research …

Abstract Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) are deemed as the future of maritime
transport. Although showing attractiveness in terms of the solutions to emerging challenges …

In the daily operations of a shipping line, minimization of a ship's bunker fuel consumption
over a voyage comprising a series of waypoints by adjusting its sailing speeds and trim …

Strategic alliances are the most common type of collaboration agreement used by shipping
lines to provide worldwide maritime container transport services. Since their first appearance …

The rational distribution of fleet resources is an important way to improve the productivity of
maritime transport industry. With container vessels becoming increasingly large and the …

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

As an important aspect in disaster operations management, relief distribution has been
challenged by lots of factors, such as unpredictable occurrence time, intensity and location …

The liner shipping industry plays a pivotal role in global cargo transportation, catering to
both contract and spot shippers. Proper capacity allocation between these shippers is vital …

This paper investigates a dynamic and stochastic shipment matching problem, in which a
platform aims to provide online decisions on accepting or rejecting newly received shipment …