Paper Info
Title
The Stowage of Containers for Inland Shipping: A System for Maximizing Containers Allocation and Meeting Stability Requirements
Abstract
In many countries worldwide, inland shipping is a reliable and viable option to transport maritime containers inland. This modality comes with a set of operational challenges, among which the stowage of containers, i.e. the positioning of a set of containers onboard, is a complex and delicate task. In this paper, we develop a DSS to support the generation of feasible stowage plans, with the goal of maximizing the amount of containers onboard, while guaranteeing stability and complying with a set of rules. In this regard, we propose the case of inland shipping in the Netherlands. The stowage problem is modelled with a mixed integer linear programming mathematical formulation. Numerical experiments validate the model and give insights on the complexity of the problem for real-world size instances.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/IEEM.2018.8607273
2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Inland shipping,Stowage,Containers,MILP,DSS
Systems engineering,Decision support system,Operations research,Integer programming,Engineering,Stowage,Numerical stability
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2157-3611
978-1-5386-6787-3
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefano Fazi100.68