The maritime industry is one of the greenest modes of transportation, taking care of almost
90% of the global trade. The maritime container business revolves around liner shipping …

The development of autonomous ships is at an advanced stage. It seems to be just a
question of time before such ships become available at an industrial scale. In this paper, we …

Global climate change has led to a severe loss of water and land resources and has
exacerbated food crisis concerns. The water-land-food nexus in agricultural irrigation …

After the economic recession in which Brazil was immersed during the years 2015 and
2016, signs of recovery are perceived through port activity. The objective of this research is …

This paper introduces the transit time constrained fixed charge multi-commodity network
design problem. Transit times are origin-to-destination time limits for the commodities, which …

Seaborne trade is the lynchpin in almost every international supply chain, and about 90% of
non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by container. In this survey we give an overview of …

In global liner shipping networks, a large share of transported cargo is transshipped at least
once between container vessels, and the total transportation time of these containers …

The Argentine port system can contribute to the country's sustainable economic growth and
improve competitiveness despite recent instability. The objective of this research is to …

The literature on liner shipping includes many models on containership speed optimization,
fleet deployment, fleet size and mix, network design and other problem variants and …

Investigating the influence of international events on global maritime networks is a
challenging task that must comprehensively incorporate geographical, political, and …