Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
2-2022
Abstract
A container vessel carries containers of various characteristics, in terms of size, weight, and contents. The cargo load of a container vessel, being subjected to a set of operational conditions and restrictions regarding ship stability and safety, is a fundamental element in decision-making when a shipping line provides logistics services to clients. This study presents a constraint programming-based model for the capacity planning of a container vessel under various operational conditions. The proposed model generates base solutions and is complemented with a rich scenario-based analysis that utilizes real-life ship data of a container vessel operated by a liner shipping company with a significant market presence. Solutions obtained from the model provide insights on containership capacity planning with differing settings and search strategies. Recommendations to container carriers, regarding improved capacity planning, are the highlights of the study.
Keywords
Capacity planning, Cargo-mix profiles, Stowage planning, Container vessels, Constraint programming
Discipline
Operations and Supply Chain Management | Transportation
Research Areas
Operations Management
Publication
Maritime Economics and Logistics
Volume
24
Issue
2
First Page
415
Last Page
438
ISSN
1479-2931
Identifier
10.1057/s41278-021-00208-4
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Citation
LEE, Byung Kwon and LOW, Joyce M. W..
A constraint programming approach to load capacity planning in container vessels. (2022). Maritime Economics and Logistics. 24, (2), 415-438.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6986
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41278-021-00208-4