Container ship** drives the global economy and is an eco-friendly mode of transportation.
A key objective is to maximize the utilization of vessels, which is challenging due to the NP …

Considerable growth in container transportation has been witnessed over the past two
decades with an indispensable need for optimization. Several studies tackling problems …

We focus on a simplified container stowage planning problem where containers of different
size and weight must be loaded and unloaded at multiple ports while maintaining the …

In this paper we extend the problem of determining how to stow a given set of containers of
different types into the available locations of a containership, that is, the so-called Master …

Owing to the significant increase in the volume of world trade, mega-container vessels are
being used to meet transportation demands. As the size of the vessels increases, the …

Manifold calamitous consequences of seaport hazardous cargo accidents have raised grave
trepidation over the safe management of hazardous cargo. Fewer investigations have aimed …

In transportation of goods in large container ships, ship** industries need to minimize the
time spent at ports to load/unload containers. An optimal stowage of containers on board …

Stowage plan, which is planning for a reasonable movement of containers, plays an
important role in enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of container terminals. The …

The multiport container ship stowage problem consists in determining the position of the
containers on board a ship along its route with the objective of minimizing the number of …

The greater flow of containers in global supply chains requires ever-increasing productivity
at port terminals. The research found in the literature has focused on optimizing specific …