We consider the problem of designing an optimal vessel schedule in the liner shipping route to minimize the total expected fuel consumption (and emissions) considering uncertain port times and frequency requirements on the liner schedule. The general optimal scheduling problem is formulated and...

This paper considers a vehicle routing problem faced by an express company which tackles complicated operations involving time window constraints, multiple delivery and pick-up customer visits per day, multiple trips per vehicle, and latency cost for each delivery. It is challenging in that it...