Liner ship** plays an important role in international ship**. This article systematically
reviews studies regarding liner ship** alliance management from three decision-making …

The practical relevance and challenging nature of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) have
motivated the Operations Research community to consider different practical requirements …

Abstract The Emission Control Areas (ECAs) established by the International Maritime
Organization are beneficial to reduce the sulphur emissions in maritime transportation but …

Research on metaheuristics has focused on (novel) algorithmic development and on
competitive testing, both of which have been frequently argued to yield little generalizable …

Container liner fleet deployment (CLFD) is the assignment of containerships to port rotations
(ship routes) for efficient transport of containers. As liner ship** services have fixed …

In this paper we address the multi-depot open vehicle routing problem (MDOVRP), a
complex and difficult problem arising in several real-life applications. In the MDOVRP …

Liner ship** companies need to satisfy the ship** demand from both the long-term
contracts and the spot market. In general, the container ship** demand of the long-term …

This article systematically reviews the literature on adaptive large neighborhood search
(ALNS) to gain insights into the operators used for vehicle routing problems (VRPs) and their …

All-electric ship fleets, which are distinct from land-based microgrid clusters, operate as
maritime mobile microgrid clusters, navigating among multiple ports to satisfy various spatial …

Over time, the focus on supportive and geriatric care has shifted from being predominantly
provided in institutional settings like nursing or rest homes to be delivered within the homes …