An Analysis of the Economic Viability of Combinable Containers in a Liner Shipping Network between Two Ports
An Analysis of the Economic Viability of Combinable Containers in a Liner Shipping Network between Two Ports
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10.9749/jin.137.27
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2017
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通讯作者：
Koichi Shintani;A. Imai
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作者：
Koichi Shintani;A. Imai
本研究旨在探讨使用可组合20英尺集装箱对班轮运输成本节约的影响。这种可组合的集装箱可以用作传统的20英尺集装箱，其中两个集装箱被连接起来用作单个40英尺集装箱，用于载货运输和空的重新定位。我们建立了一个由两个港口组成的航运网络模型，以确定这种可组合集装箱的最佳集装箱船队规模。分析模型是用来进行数值实验与不平衡的交易方案。研究发现，与传统集装箱相比，可组合集装箱具有降低集装箱船队成本的潜力。
This study addresses the impact of the use of combinable 20-foot container on liner shipping in terms of cost savings. This combinable container can be used as a conventional 20-foot container and two of them are coupled to be used as a single 40-foot container for laden transport and empty repositioning. We model a shipping network consisted of two ports to determine the optimal container fleet size of this combinable container. The analytical model is used to carry out numerical experiments with imbalanced trading scenarios. It is found that the combinable container has a potential to reduce the container fleet cost compared with the conventional container.