The impact of foldable containers on container fleet management costs in hinterland transport

This paper analyzes the possibility to save container fleet management costs in repositioning empty containers through the use of foldable containers. We model this entire empty container flow as an integer programming problem with different strategies in empty container flow itinerary. The model is...

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Published inTransportation research. Part E, Logistics and transportation review Vol. 46; no. 5; pp. 750 - 763
Main Authors Shintani, Koichi, Konings, Rob, Imai, Akio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Exeter Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.09.2010
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
SeriesTransportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Subjects
Automobile fleets
Comparative analysis
Container fleet management
Container transportation
Container transportation Container fleet management Empty container Foldable container Hinterland transportation
Containers
Costs
Empty container
Fleet management
Foldable container
Hinterland transportation
Impact analysis
Integer programming
Logistics
Mathematical models
Ocean traffic
Strategy
Studies
Transportation
Hinterland transportation
Empty container
Foldable container
Container fleet management
Container transportation
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Summary:This paper analyzes the possibility to save container fleet management costs in repositioning empty containers through the use of foldable containers. We model this entire empty container flow as an integer programming problem with different strategies in empty container flow itinerary. The model is used to carry out numerical experiments that optimize the empty container repositioning in the hinterland, where there are serious empty container repositioning problems caused by extremely imbalanced trades. The study finds that foldable containers can substantially save on repositioning costs compared to the use of standard containers.
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ISSN:1366-5545
1878-5794
DOI:10.1016/j.tre.2009.12.008