This research aims to improve energy sustainability in transportation management. The case was derived from port-to-port coal problem commonly faced by third-party logistic (3PL) company. During planning, they must determine which shipsets be used and assign them the loading/unloading berths. Each berth varies terms of its speed each shipset capacity, sail speed, fuel consumption rate. selectio...

In this paper, we study the static discrete berth allocation problems (BAPs) for large-scale time-critical marine-loading scenarios. The objective is to allocate vessels different types of berths so that all can be loaded within minimum time under tidal condition. BAP formalized as a min–max problem. This problem rather complex and are quite numerous in We analyze from novel perspective, find o...

The tremendous increase of containerized trade over the last several years, the resulting congestion in container terminals worldwide, the remarkable increase in containership size and capacity, the increased operating cost of container vessels and the adoption by liner shipping companies of yield management techniques strain the relationships between ocean carriers and container terminal opera...

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas that has been transformed to liquid form for the purpose of transportation, which is mainly done by specially built LNG vessels travelling from the production site to the consumers. We describe a real-life ship routing and scheduling problem from the LNG business, with both inventory and berth capacity constraints at the liquefaction port. We propose a...

This thesis deals with models and methods for large scale optimization problems; in particular, we focus on decision problems arising in the context of seaport container terminals for the efficient management of terminal operations. Large-scale optimization problems are both difficult to handle and important in many concrete contexts. They usually originate from real world applications, such as...

Maritime transportation plays a crucial role in the international economy. Port container terminals around the world compete to attract more traffic and are forced to offer better quality of service. This entails reducing operating costs and vessel service times. In doing so, one of the most important problems they face is the Berth Allocation and quay Crane Assignment Problem (BACAP). This pro...