Combinable containers: A container innovation to save container fleet and empty container repositioning costs

被引:26
作者
Shintani, Koichi [1 ]
Konings, Rob [2 ]
Imai, Akio [3 ]
机构
[1] Tokai Univ, Sch Marine Sci & Technol, 3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 4248610, Japan
[2] Delft Univ Technol, Fac Architecture & Built Environm, Julianalaan 134, NL-2628 BL Delft, Netherlands
[3] Kobe Univ, Grad Sch Maritime Sci, Higashinada Ku, 5-1-1 Fukaeminami, Kobe, Hyogo 6580022, Japan
关键词
Container transportation; Empty containers; Combinable containers; Container fleet sizing; Container fleet management; STANDARD; MODEL;
D O I
10.1016/j.tre.2019.09.004
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Combinable containers can either be used as a standard 20 ft or in combined state as a 40 ft container by altering the dimensional to match the cargo size. This paper examines the viability of combinable containers for saving the container related costs. We present a model of a minimum cost multi-commodity network flow problem that can be used to simultaneously determine the fleet sizes of standard and combinable containers and their empty container allocation/repositioning. Based on numerical experiments, we discovered that mixed use of both types of containers can save a significant portion of container related cost.
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页码:248 / 272
页数:25
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