costs. Therefore, foldable containers can con-tribute to the sustainability of the shipping industry. Moon and Hong12) developed a mathematical model for repositioning both standard and foldable empty containers, which minimizes the total costs for trans-portation, inventory holding, handling,
ore, introducing foldable containers contrib-utes to the decrease of total container management cost. Moreover, the cost reduction effect in the case that foldable containers are u
tal shipping time of empty container repositioning can be reduced by introducing foldable containers. This is because the introduction of foldable contain-ers can effectively reduce the congestion of container repositioning in some links and the transshipment of empty containers
empty con-tainers is that they require the same spaces for transport and storage s full containers. To alleviate this problem, introducing foldable containers is a possible solution. Fig. 1 shows the folding process of a foldable container. Less space is required if an empty container is folded, leading
The results show that introducing foldable containers into empty container repositioning along a river can utilize vessel space more effectively and decrease the total cost for container
To guarantee a certain level of reliability in foldable container operations, this study focused on designing a reliable container network against facility failure for foldable containers.
This study considers the empty container repositioning problem of shipping companies that use standard and 3-in-1 foldable containers with more advanced designs. An algorithm
However, their facilities are vulnerable to unfavorable events caused by disruptive events, and often experience complete failure in practice. To guarantee a certain level of reliability in foldable
the costs of container fleet management in liner shipping (Shintaniet al, 2012). Given that even with the perfect information systems to management & minimize the transportation movements
In this study, we developed a mathematical model for an integrated shipping net-work to investigate the impact of street-turn, depot-direct, using foldable containers, and container
Abstract In order to solve the problem of empty container reposition considered foldable containers, the key factors affecting the use of foldable containers are found out. The mixed integer
Abstract This paper analyzes the effect of foldable containers in various circumstances. Recently, as a result of the COVID-19 pan-demic, many unexpected situations have arisen in the
This study considers the empty container repositioning problem of shipping companies that use standard and 3-in-1 foldable containers with more advanced designs. A mathematical model
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