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Efficient Global Container Transport Network Design

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This chapter gives a comprehensive overview of existing research works on global container transport network design. In view of competitive pressures and complexity of container shipping networks, global liner shipping companies are seeking optimization-based decision support tools for designing efficient container transport networks. Nevertheless, the status quo research is far lagging, especially in terms of solving practical-size problems while capturing essential operating characteristics, developing efficient solution algorithms, and application by liner shipping companies.

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  1. Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University, 23529, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Shuaian Wang

  2. Institute of Transport Studies, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Zhiyuan Liu

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  1. Dept. of Industrial Engineering & Logistics Mgmt, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

    Chung-Yee Lee

  2. Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Qiang Meng

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Wang, S., Liu, Z. (2015). Efficient Global Container Transport Network Design. In: Lee, CY., Meng, Q. (eds) Handbook of Ocean Container Transport Logistics. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 220. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11891-8_12

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