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Reposition of empty containers of different life stages integrated with liner shipping network design

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  • Shanhua Wu
  • Yu Sun
  • Feng Lian
  • Zhongzhen Yang

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This paper integrates empty container reposition with container shipping network design considering the container life stages. A mixed-integer linear programming model is built to determine the liner shipping network, the initial launch ports of new containers, the ports for scrapping obsolete containers, the empty container reposition scheme and the containers of different life stages being used for a specific voyage. A case study is done by taking liner shipping among China, Japan and South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe and the US as an example. The results show that over 93% of new containers are put into use in China while 63% of old containers are scrapped in Europe or the US, and 73% of containers used for packing cargoes from China to the US are those at the Decline Stage or the Exit Stage.

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  • Shanhua Wu & Yu Sun & Feng Lian & Zhongzhen Yang, 2020. "Reposition of empty containers of different life stages integrated with liner shipping network design," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(1), pages 43-56, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:marpmg:v:47:y:2020:i:1:p:43-56
    DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2019.1657973
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