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A Vessel Schedule Recovery Problem at the Liner Shipping Route with Emission Control Areas
- Source :
- Energies, Vol 12, Iss 12, p 2380 (2019), Energies; Volume 12; Issue 12; Pages: 2380
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2019.
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Abstract
- Liner shipping is a vital component of the world trade. Liner shipping companies usually operate fixed routes and announce their schedules. However, disruptions in sea and/or at ports affect the planned vessel schedules. Moreover, some liner shipping routes pass through the areas, designated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as emission control areas (ECAs). IMO imposes restrictions on the type of fuel that can be used by vessels within ECAs. The vessel schedule recovery problem becomes more complex when disruptions occur at such liner shipping routes, as liner shipping companies must comply with the IMO regulations. This study presents a novel mixed-integer nonlinear mathematical model for the green vessel schedule recovery problem, which considers two recovery strategies, including vessel sailing speed adjustment and port skipping. The objective aims to minimize the total profit loss, endured by a given liner shipping company due to disruptions in the planned operations. The nonlinear model is linearized and solved using CPLEX. A number of computational experiments are conducted for the liner shipping route, passing through ECAs. Important managerial insights reveal that the proposed methodology can assist liner shipping companies with efficient vessel schedule recovery, minimize the monetary losses due to disruptions in vessel schedules, and improve energy efficiency as well as environmental sustainability.
- Subjects :
- Schedule
Control and Optimization
Operations research
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
World trade
010501 environmental sciences
disruptions
lcsh:Technology
01 natural sciences
environmental regulations
Profit (economics)
liner shipping
vessel schedule recovery
energy efficiency
optimization
0502 economics and business
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Engineering (miscellaneous)
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
050210 logistics & transportation
lcsh:T
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
05 social sciences
Port (computer networking)
Nonlinear model
Business
Liner shipping
Energy (miscellaneous)
Efficient energy use
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19961073
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Energies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e4268b349210ab8368318b0690048151