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This paper takes an initiative to quantitatively assess the impact ofthe traffic control scheme and the stepwise toll pricing policy of the Suez Canalon the optimal sailing schedule of a liner containership. We develop amixed-integer nonlinear programming model for the optimal sailing scheduleof a containership over a long-haul voyage via Suez. A case study on a13000-TEU containership running on the LP4 service of APL shows severalmanagerial insights: a) ignoring the traffic control system at Suez in ship speedoptimisation may lead to an infeasible sailing schedule, and underestimate theoperating cost (even the bunker cost) of a containership on a long-haul voyagevia Suez; b) the optimal ship recovery plan in terms of its sailing speeds ismainly determined by the predefined port time windows, delay situation andSuez-clock time, but not pretty much affected by the levels of bunker price andtransit due.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Du, Y and Meng, Q and Shi, W
Keywords:	Suez Canal, transit due, containership, speed optimisation, second order cone programming
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics
Publisher:	Inderscience Publishers
ISSN:	1756-6517
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2019 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Du, Y UTAS Profile: Du, Y Google Scholar: Shi, W UTAS Profile: Shi, W
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