Case Article—Coastal Shipping for Automobile Distribution

With growing concerns related to the environment, sustainable transportation has gained importance. For geographies with an ample coastline, coastal shipping offers a sustainable transportation option to move massive freight quantities. This paper presents a case that allows students to appreciate t...

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Published inTransactions on education Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 28 - 34
Main Authors Chandra, Saurabh, Vatsa, Amit Kumar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published INFORMS 01.09.2021
Subjects
coastal shipping
multimodal transport
shipment routing
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ISSN1532-0545
1532-0545
DOI10.1287/ited.2021.0253ca

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Summary:With growing concerns related to the environment, sustainable transportation has gained importance. For geographies with an ample coastline, coastal shipping offers a sustainable transportation option to move massive freight quantities. This paper presents a case that allows students to appreciate the role of coastal shipping in multimodal logistics planning. Furthermore, it gives students an opportunity to mathematically model transportation planning at a strategic and tactical level for automotive distribution. The students learn how to assess the financial viability of a mode shift from roadways to coastal shipping. The instructors can use this case for theoretical discussion on multimodal logistics and the application of mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) and heuristics as solution methods. Furthermore, the case presents an opportunity to demonstrate the improvement in solution quality with an MILP solver compared with heuristics.
ISSN:1532-0545
1532-0545
DOI:10.1287/ited.2021.0253ca