Strategic Service Network Design for Liner Carriers

• Main Authors: Meng-Chi Chang, 張孟琪
• Other Authors: Jenn-Rong Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09049581816048188130

碩士 === 國立臺灣海洋大學 === 運輸科學系 === 100 === With the trend of the ship maximization of the international freight, all of carriers start building large containers in order to reduce the operation cost and meet the marketing need. Furthermore, because of the ship maximization making a reduction of berthing on the main route, while planning the shipping route, carriers hope that they can load goods to smaller containers in the middle port and transport to the final destination. This study is considered the operation revenue of shipping route which can meet the minimization of cost, and the count of middle port. In the point of marketing need, the volume of goods and the need of berthing also should be considered. The purpose of this study is to formulate and analyze a strategic service network design model for liner carriers. The key decisions are: the number and locations of hub ports, the first level routing between opened hub ports, and the second-level routing between opened hub ports and candidate ports not included in the first-level routing. The problem is formulated as a mixed integer program and solved by LINGO 12.0. A small example is created to illustrate the proposed model. Sensitivity analysis is also performed to gain better insights into knowing how several important parameters affect the service network design.