COST ANALYSIS OF BULK CARGO SHIPPING VIA NORTHERN SEA ROUTE

Short Sea Shipping route and stowage plan optimization

Short Sea Shipping is the name given to the use of ships to transport cargo within a country, or between neighboring countries. The European Union considers all intra-European sea transport as Short Sea Shipping, and has defined its efficient use as a strategic goal. This form of transport has many recognized advantages over rail and road, but suffers from lack of flexibility. In this paper we ...

Cargo-mix optimization in Liner Shipping

International transportation constitutes one of the biggest challenges in limiting CO2 emission in the world: it is technically hard to find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, and due to the international nature, it is very difficult to regulate CO2 emission of intercontinental trade. Moreover, it is hard to motivate companies to pay for cleaner transport since transportation is not visible t...

The Tank Allocation Problem in Bulk Shipping

Additional Arctic observations improve weather and sea-ice forecasts for the Northern Sea Route

During ice-free periods, the Northern Sea Route (NSR) could be an attractive shipping route. The decline in Arctic sea-ice extent, however, could be associated with an increase in the frequency of the causes of severe weather phenomena, and high wind-driven waves and the advection of sea ice could make ship navigation along the NSR difficult. Accurate forecasts of weather and sea ice are desira...

The Liner Shipping Fleet Repositioning Problem with Cargo Flows

We solve an important problem for the liner shipping industry called the Liner Shipping Fleet Repositioning Problem (LSFRP). The LSFRP poses a large financial burden on liner shipping firms. During repositioning, vessels are moved between services in a liner shipping network. Shippers wish to reposition vessels as cheaply as possible without disrupting the cargo flows of the network. The LSFRP ...