{"title":"Ship Scheduling in the Tramp Spot Market Based on Shipper's Choice Behavior and the Spatial and Temporal Shipping Demand","authors":"Yiran Zhao, Zhongzhen Yang","doi":"10.5325/TRANSPORTATIONJ.57.3.0310","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In the tramp spot shipping market, the choice of a shipper and the spatial and temporal shipping demand affect decisions regarding task choices and ship routing of the carrier. From the perspective of a carrier, this article divides the entire shipping planning horizon into a series of time windows and converts the carriers' market shares into shippers' choice inertia. Based on the spatial and temporal shipping demand, the obtained market shares in different time windows are analyzed, and the ship scheduling schemes, including the amount of shipped cargos, the sailing routes and the ships used, are determined with the objective of maximizing the carrier's profits. Finally, a numerical test is conducted using the Pacific tramp shipping market as an example.","PeriodicalId":46529,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Journal","volume":"57 1","pages":"310 - 328"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2018-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transportation Journal","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5325/TRANSPORTATIONJ.57.3.0310","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MANAGEMENT","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract:In the tramp spot shipping market, the choice of a shipper and the spatial and temporal shipping demand affect decisions regarding task choices and ship routing of the carrier. From the perspective of a carrier, this article divides the entire shipping planning horizon into a series of time windows and converts the carriers' market shares into shippers' choice inertia. Based on the spatial and temporal shipping demand, the obtained market shares in different time windows are analyzed, and the ship scheduling schemes, including the amount of shipped cargos, the sailing routes and the ships used, are determined with the objective of maximizing the carrier's profits. Finally, a numerical test is conducted using the Pacific tramp shipping market as an example.
期刊介绍:
Transportation Journal is devoted to the publication of articles that present new knowledge relating to all sectors of the supply chain/logistics/transportation field. These sectors include supply chain/logistics management strategies and techniques; carrier (transport firm) and contract logistics firm (3PL and 4PL) management strategies and techniques; transport economics; regulation, promotion, and other dimensions of public policy toward transport and logistics; and education.