This research focuses on the problem of positioning empty containers in a port area with multiple depots. Three options are considered: positioning from other overseas ports, inland positioning between depots and leasing. The policies for empty-container management are as follows: a coordinated...

An analytical model is developed for accelerated performance degradation tests. The performance degradations of products at a specified exposure time are assumed to follow a normal distribution. It is assumed that the relationship between the location parameter of normal distribution and the...

A container truck transportation problem that involves multiple depots with time windows at both origins and destinations, including the reposition of empty containers, is formulated as a multi-traveling salesman problem with time windows (m-TSPTW) with multiple depots. Since the problem is...

This paper investigates the problem faced by firms that transport containers by truck in an environment with resource constraints. The considered area is export-dominant. As a result, there are three types of container movements as inbound full, outbound full, and inbound empty movements. Both...

Inland container transportation refers to the container movements among customer locations, container terminals, and depots in a local area. In this paper, an Inland container transportation problem by truck and train is investigated. Containers are classified into four types according to the...

In this paper, we deal with an inventory control problem of empty containers in an inland transportation system. In inland container transportation, freights (containers) are transported between terminal and the customer's location by trucks, trains and barges. Empty containers are an important...