Operational planning of routes and schedules for a fleet of fuel supply vessels

Marielle Christiansen, Kjetil Fagerholt, Nikolaos Rachaniotis () and Magnus Stålhane

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2017, vol. 105, issue C, 163-175

Abstract: This paper considers a real operational problem of routing and scheduling a fleet of fuel supply vessels used to service customer ships anchored outside a major port. The problem can be formulated as a rich multi-trip vehicle routing problem, including constraints related to stowage and time-dependent sailing times. An arc-flow and a path-flow model are developed and compared. A computational study shows that the path-flow model is superior and can be used in real planning situations. We also discuss how the model can be used in a real-time setting when new orders arrive and deviations from the plan occur.

Keywords: Maritime transport; Routing; Scheduling; Stowage; Time-dependent sailing times (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2016.07.009

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