Maritime infrastructure planning;
Tanker fleet sizing;
Ship routing;
Liquefied natural gas as fuel in liner;
shipping;
Mixed integer programming;
INVENTORY ROUTING PROBLEM;
LNG SUPPLY CHAIN;
OPTIMIZATION;
MANAGEMENT;
BUSINESS;
MODELS;
D O I:
10.1016/j.tre.2017.01.003
中图分类号:
F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
We consider a strategic infrastructure and tanker fleet sizing problem in the liquefied natural gas business. The goal is to minimize long-term on-shore infrastructure and tanker investment cost combined with interrelated expected cost for operating the tanker fleet. A non-linear arc-based model and an exact solution method based on a set-partitioning formulation are developed. The latter approach allows very fast solution times. Computational results for a case study with a liner shipping company are presented, including an extensive sensitivity analysis to account for limited predictability of key parameter values, to analyze the solutions' robustness and to derive basic decision rules. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Univ British Columbia, Clean Energy Res Ctr, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, CanadaUniv British Columbia, Clean Energy Res Ctr, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
Sharafian, Amir
Blomerus, Paul
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Univ British Columbia, Clean Energy Res Ctr, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, CanadaUniv British Columbia, Clean Energy Res Ctr, 2360 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
Blomerus, Paul
Merida, Walter
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