Multi-objective optimization for a liner shipping service from different perspectives

This paper considers the optimization problem for the ship deployment, the planned sailing speed, and the service scheduling in a liner shipping route with both sea and port uncertainties taking multiple objectives from different perspectives. The main purposes are three-folds: first, defining key performance indicators (KPI) in liner shipping service design problem from different stakeholders' perspectives; second, investigating the relationships between the identified KPIs and their impact on the optimal solutions; third, evaluating the impact of different speed strategies on the KPIs and the optimal solutions. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.