Schedule design for sustainable container supply chain networks with port time windows

Authors

Abdurahim Alharbi, University of WollongongFollow
Shuaian Wang, University of WollongongFollow
Pam Davy, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

100441

Publication Details

Alharbi, A., Wang, S. & Davy, P. (2015). Schedule design for sustainable container supply chain networks with port time windows. Advanced Engineering Informatics: the science of supporting knowledge-intensive activities, 29 (3), 322-331.

Abstract

This paper studies a practical liner shipping schedule design problem with port time windows for container supply chain networks. A mixed-integer nonlinear non-convex model that incorporates the availability of ports is proposed to minimize the sum of ship cost and fuel cost (and thereby pollutant emission). In view of the structure of the problem, we reformulate it as an integer linear optimization model and propose an iterative optimization approach. The proposed solution method is applied to two liner networks operated by a global shipping line.