Liner container shipping company satisfies container shipping demand from both long-term
contracts and spot market. Different from the shipping demand from long-term contracts …

This paper examines the sailing speed of containerships and refueling of bunker in a liner
shipping network while considering that the real speed may deviate from the planned one. It …

Ever stricter emission regulations stimulate vessel owners to consider the adoption of
alternative marine fuels, such as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). In deciding whether to invest …

Bunkering cost is a significant contributor to the total operating cost of ships. The number of
shipping companies seeking to actively manage this cost either by adapting market offered …

This paper aims to maximize the freight revenue minus bunker fuel cost for a single liner
shipping service. This optimization contains the determination of the sailing speeds …

This study contributes to academic literature on bunkering for liner shipping with the
application of dual fuel engines in providing fuel flexibility subjected to limited liquefied …

This paper jointly designs the optimal ship sailing speeds on shipping voyages and the
optimal amount of bunker fuel to purchase at each port of a shipping network operated by a …

As bunker fuel cost constitutes a major portion of the shipping liners' operating cost, it is
imperative for them to minimize the bunkering cost to remain competitive. Service contract …

This paper addresses the shipping liner's bunkering problem in response to International
Maritime Organization's low-Sulphur fuel regulations, commonly known as IMO 2020. To …

This study investigates an optimal control policy for a liner ship to decide at which ports and
how much fuel the liner ship should be refueled under stochastic fuel consumption in each …