Establishing new collaborations with academic and industrial communities for container fleet management

自集装箱化开始以来，集装箱船队管理，例如空集装箱的重新定位，一直是一个持续的问题。目前的EPSRC项目侧重于开发一个综合工具，以支持决策，包括车队规模，租赁，分销和重新定位。该提案旨在与学术界和工业界建立新的合作，以增强当前的研究组合。新的合作将通过与跨学科的领先学者进行交流，并在工业公司进行现场访问，观察和试点应用来补充现有的合作。将探索新的研究领域，如公司间集装箱共享战略，这补充了目前公司内集装箱管理政策的重点。预计该项目将促成与合作伙伴的长期合作。

Container fleet management, e.g. empties repositioning, has been an on-going issue since the beginning of containerisation. The current EPSRC project focuses on developing an integrated tool to support decision-making including fleet-sizing, leasing, distributing and repositioning. This proposal aims to build new collaborations with academic and industrial communities to enhance the current research portfolio. The new collaborations will complement the existing collaborations by exchanging with leading academics across disciplines, and performing site visits, observations, and pilot applications in industrial companies. New research areas such as inter-company container sharing strategies will be explored, which complements the current focus of intra-company container management policies. It is expected that the project will result in long-term collaborations with partners.