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A heuristic approach to stowing general cargo into platform supply vessels

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  • Michel Povlovitsch Seixas

    (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering - University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

  • André Bergsten Mendes

    (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering - University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

  • Marcos Ribeiro Pereira Barretto

    (Department of Mechatronics Engineering - University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

  • Claudio Barbieri da Cunha

    (Department Transportation Engineering - University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

  • Marco Antonio Brinati

    (Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering - University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

  • Roberto Edward Cruz

    (CENPES Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

  • Yue Wu

    (School of Management, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)

  • Philip A Wilson

    (Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, Engineering Centre of Excellence, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)

Abstract

This paper addresses a practical problem encountered in the oil industry, related to the supplying of general cargo to offshore rigs and production units. For a given route assigned to a supply vessel we seek to determine the optimal two-dimensional positioning of deck cargoes such that the overall profit is maximized, while ensuring that several safety and operational constraints are respected. In terms of mathematical modelling, the resulting problem can be seen as a rich variation of the two-dimensional knapsack problem, since some cargoes may wait for a later trip. Furthermore, given that the trip may serve many offshore units and that a substantial number of items must also return from these units, the problem becomes even more complex and can be viewed as a pickup and delivery allocation problem. We propose a probabilistic constructive procedure combined with a local search heuristic to solve this problem. We also report the results of computational experiments with randomly generated instances. These results evidence that our proposed heuristic can effectively help ship planners when dealing with such large-scale allocation problems, with many operational constraints.

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  • Michel Povlovitsch Seixas & André Bergsten Mendes & Marcos Ribeiro Pereira Barretto & Claudio Barbieri da Cunha & Marco Antonio Brinati & Roberto Edward Cruz & Yue Wu & Philip A Wilson, 2016. "A heuristic approach to stowing general cargo into platform supply vessels," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 67(1), pages 148-158, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:67:y:2016:i:1:p:148-158
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    1. Cruz, Roberto & Bergsten Mendes, André & Bahiense, Laura & Wu, Yue, 2019. "Integrating berth allocation decisions in a fleet composition and periodic routing problem of platform supply vessels," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 275(1), pages 334-346.
    2. Jone R. Hansen & Kjetil Fagerholt & Magnus Stålhane & Jørgen G. Rakke, 2020. "An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the planar storage location assignment problem: application to stowage planning for Roll-on Roll-off ships," Journal of Heuristics, Springer, vol. 26(6), pages 885-912, December.
    3. Maciel M. Queiroz & André Bergsten Mendes, 2020. "Critical Success Factors of the Brazilian Offshore Support Vessel Industry: A Flexible Systems Approach," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 21(1), pages 33-48, June.

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