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Green Vessel Scheduling with Weather Impact and Emission Control Area Consideration

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  • Xin Wen

    (School of Economics & Management, Jiangsu University of Science & Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China)

  • Qiong Chen

    (Navigation College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China)

  • Yu-Qi Yin

    (Logistics & E-Commerce College, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, China)

  • Yui-yip Lau

    (Division of Business and Hospitality Management, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China)

Abstract

Emissions of maritime transport have been a critical research topic with the substantial growth in the global shipping industry, encompassing both the expansion of the world fleet and the increased distances it has been covering recently. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has enforced some regulations to mitigate ship Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, which affect vessels’ operational practice, and further affect service reliability. In this paper, some compliance methods (two-speed strategy, fuel switching, and LNG) against Emission Control Areas (ECAs) at the operational level are examined regarding if and how they impact the liner shipping schedule and service reliability; meanwhile, uncertain weather conditions and port times, as the main uncertain factors, are also involved. Then, a bi-objective fuzzy programming model is formulated and solved by the augmented ε -constraint approach, which generates a set of Pareto solutions by balancing the economic and environmental sustainability. Some findings can be concluded through the experimental results, including that, firstly, to meet uncertain weather conditions at sea requires strong robustness; secondly, ECA regulations can negatively affect the liner shipping service level; moreover, slow steaming is an immediate and effective measure to reduce GHG emissions; and, furthermore, ship routing choice could have a significant influence on ship emissions and service reliability.

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  • Xin Wen & Qiong Chen & Yu-Qi Yin & Yui-yip Lau, 2023. "Green Vessel Scheduling with Weather Impact and Emission Control Area Consideration," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-25, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:11:y:2023:i:24:p:4874-:d:1294229
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