Low-emission berth allocation by optimizing sailing speed and mooring time

To investigate the relations among delay times (weighted by vessels’ handling times), the emissions during the vessels’ sailing and mooring in a Berth Allocation Problem (BAP) where the berth times and sailing speeds are formulated as decision variables. The vessels’ delay times are computed compari...

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Main Author: Zhi-Hua Hu
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2020-12-01
Series:Transport
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Online Access:https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/14080
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spelling doaj-66b4fcb472a148b39063a4f167a3247f2021-07-02T19:39:17ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityTransport1648-41421648-34802020-12-0135548649910.3846/transport.2020.1408014080Low-emission berth allocation by optimizing sailing speed and mooring timeZhi-Hua Hu0Shanghai Maritime University, ChinaTo investigate the relations among delay times (weighted by vessels’ handling times), the emissions during the vessels’ sailing and mooring in a Berth Allocation Problem (BAP) where the berth times and sailing speeds are formulated as decision variables. The vessels’ delay times are computed comparing to the vessels’ Expected Departure Times (EDTs); the sailing emission is determined by the sailing speed and distance; the mooring emission is positive to the mooring time at terminal. Multi-objective mixed-integer programs are established, and the nonlinear functions between emissions and sailing speeds are transferred to linear ones by the Second-Order Cone Programming (SOCP) method. Solution methods are further developed based on e-constraint and stage-based methods by considering the preferences of objectives. Four groups of experiments are conducted to demonstrate the formulations, effects of vessels’ handling times and EDTs on the solutions, and the reduced emissions affected by the number of vessels in the schedules. Experimental results demonstrated that the efficiency purpose is not absolutely conflict with the environment purposes for some instances, and so they can be pursued at the same time; improving the vessels’ handling efficiency help expand the ranges of berth times and sailing speeds, resulting in reducing the delay times and emissions; advancing the EDTs can improve the terminal operators’ service quality to shipping companies, while the weighted delay times and emission may be increased.https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/14080container terminalberth allocation problemshippingfuel consumptionlow-emission logisticslogistics management
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Low-emission berth allocation by optimizing sailing speed and mooring time
Transport
container terminal
berth allocation problem
shipping
fuel consumption
low-emission logistics
logistics management
author_facet Zhi-Hua Hu
author_sort Zhi-Hua Hu
title Low-emission berth allocation by optimizing sailing speed and mooring time
title_short Low-emission berth allocation by optimizing sailing speed and mooring time
title_full Low-emission berth allocation by optimizing sailing speed and mooring time
title_fullStr Low-emission berth allocation by optimizing sailing speed and mooring time
title_full_unstemmed Low-emission berth allocation by optimizing sailing speed and mooring time
title_sort low-emission berth allocation by optimizing sailing speed and mooring time
publisher Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
series Transport
issn 1648-4142
1648-3480
publishDate 2020-12-01
description To investigate the relations among delay times (weighted by vessels’ handling times), the emissions during the vessels’ sailing and mooring in a Berth Allocation Problem (BAP) where the berth times and sailing speeds are formulated as decision variables. The vessels’ delay times are computed comparing to the vessels’ Expected Departure Times (EDTs); the sailing emission is determined by the sailing speed and distance; the mooring emission is positive to the mooring time at terminal. Multi-objective mixed-integer programs are established, and the nonlinear functions between emissions and sailing speeds are transferred to linear ones by the Second-Order Cone Programming (SOCP) method. Solution methods are further developed based on e-constraint and stage-based methods by considering the preferences of objectives. Four groups of experiments are conducted to demonstrate the formulations, effects of vessels’ handling times and EDTs on the solutions, and the reduced emissions affected by the number of vessels in the schedules. Experimental results demonstrated that the efficiency purpose is not absolutely conflict with the environment purposes for some instances, and so they can be pursued at the same time; improving the vessels’ handling efficiency help expand the ranges of berth times and sailing speeds, resulting in reducing the delay times and emissions; advancing the EDTs can improve the terminal operators’ service quality to shipping companies, while the weighted delay times and emission may be increased.
topic container terminal
berth allocation problem
shipping
fuel consumption
low-emission logistics
logistics management
url https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/14080
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