Optimizing Liner Shipping Fleet Repositioning Plans

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The book presents a comprehensive analysis of critical issues in shipping operations, focusing on the repositioning of container ships to adapt to demand fluctuations and economic changes. It introduces the liner shipping fleet repositioning problem (LSFRP), detailing its complexities and presenting innovative mathematical models and algorithms for decision support. Techniques include optimization methods and a novel linear temporal optimization planning approach. Evaluated on real-world data, the solutions demonstrate significant scalability and potential profit improvements, exceeding US$14 million.