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Environmental challenge of vehicle dispatching in marine container drayage

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  • Etsuko Nishimura

    (Kobe University)

  • Stratos Papadimitriou

    (University of Piraeus)

  • Koichi Shintani

    (Tokai University)

  • Akio Imai

    (Kobe University)

Abstract

In marine container drayage (CD), which refers to the transport of goods over a short distance, empty containers (ECs) are required to be transported long distances between a terminal and a shipper/consignee by conventional transportation. This causes truck traffic congestion in harbor districts that increases CO2 emissions (CO2EM). This study addresses the vehicle dispatch problem with respect to the environmental impact of marine CD, considering the tractor dwell time is long at the customer site due to cumbersome container loading/unloading (L/U). We model this problem as an extended version of the vehicle routing problem with precedence constraints to minimize the total CO2 weighted travel distance. To improve CD operation in long L/U time, we propose a new practice for CD operations. Additionally, we develop a mixed integer programing model (MIP) for the new practice representation, and propose a Simulated Annealing (SA) based heuristic approach to solving the new practice instance. By implementing our proposed new operation, in a long L/U time, the CO2EM, EC move and number of tractors required can also be reduced by allowing uncoupled tractor move.

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  • Etsuko Nishimura & Stratos Papadimitriou & Koichi Shintani & Akio Imai, 2025. "Environmental challenge of vehicle dispatching in marine container drayage," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 351(1), pages 1049-1107, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:351:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s10479-024-06137-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10479-024-06137-8
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