Empty container repositioning (ECR) is one of the most important issues in the liner shipping
industry. Not only does it have an economic effect on the stakeholders in the container …

The global trade disproportion results in the accumulation of containers in import-dominated
ports and shortages in export-dominated ports, causing congestion and high freight costs …

This book provides a coherent and systematic view of the key concepts, principles, and
techniques in maritime container transport and logistics chains including all the main …

This paper aims to measure the perceived container leasing prices at different ports by
presenting a two-stage optimization method. In stage I, we propose a practical liner shipping …

This paper examines the impact of speed limits on network efficiency, in terms of total travel
time of all road users, and equity among road users from different origin–destination (OD) …

Tactical planning models for liner shipping problems such as network design and fleet
deployment usually minimize the total cost or maximize the total profit subject to constraints …

Considering the influence of economies of scale and ship capacity on empty container
repositioning, using foldable containers and container leasing may be effective ways to save …

Container liner shipping companies only partially alter their shipping networks to cope with
the changing demand, rather than entirely redesign and change the network. In view of the …

We propose an option contract model for the leasing of containers. In an option contract, the
shipping company commits to order a quantity of containers from the leasing company and …

This paper formulates the empty container repositioning (ECR) problem, which is one of the
most important issues in the container shipping industry, by running a model to generate the …