Ship weather routing has seen considerably increasing attention in recent years in both
academia and industry. Problems in this area consider finding the optimal path and sailing …

Multimodal transportation offers an advanced platform for more efficient, reliable, flexible,
and sustainable freight transportation. Planning such a complicated system provides …

Each ship** line is expected to establish a reliable operating model, and the design of
ship schedules is a key operational consideration. Long-term profits for ship** lines can …

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 inventory-routing problem (IRP) dates back 30 years. It can be described as the
combination of vehicle-routing and inventory management problems, in which a supplier …

We review research on ship routing and scheduling and related problems during the new
millennium and provide four basic models in this domain. The volume of research in this …

International ship** accounts for 2.7% of worldwide CO2 emissions, and measures to curb
future emissions growth are sought with a high sense of urgency. With the increased quest …

This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral
reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes …

This paper reviews studies from the past 30 years that use operations research methods to
tackle containership routing and scheduling problems at the strategic, tactical, and …

The 5th edition of Model Building in Mathematical Programming discusses the general
principles of model building in mathematical programming and demonstrates how they can …