710. Scheduled Service Network Design for Intermodal Sea-Road Freight Transportation
Invited abstract in session TB-17: Novel applications in warehousing, maritime transport, and healthcare, stream Combinatorial Optimization.
Tuesday, 10:30-12:00Room: Esther Simpson 2.08
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Fran Setiawan
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| Management School, University of Liverpool | |
| 2. | Tolga Bektas
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| University of Liverpool Management School, University of Liverpool | |
| 3. | Cagatay Iris
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| Management School, University of Liverpool |
Abstract
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelagic nation, consists of over 17,500 islands, resulting in a unique geographical structure that inherently necessitates intermodal freight transportation. Maritime transport plays a crucial role in inter-island logistics; however, economic activities remain heavily concentrated on Java, while trade in the eastern regions remains limited and costly. To address this challenge, the Indonesian government launched the Sea-Toll project in 2015 to facilitate the nationwide distribution of essential and staple goods. The initiative includes the development of 24 strategic ports and the provision of scheduled vessel services to strengthen freight connectivity across the archipelago as part of its public service obligation. This research focuses on designing an optimized scheduled service network for intermodal sea-road freight transportation in Indonesia. We propose a formulation that integrates heterogeneous ship types, vessel scheduling and management, and synchronized hinterland distribution to improve efficiency, where the novel aspect is in the consideration of back-and-forth ship movement. The objective is to minimize total transportation costs and delays. Although the proposed model is driven by Sea-Toll project, it can also be applied to other similar settings.
Keywords
- Network Design
- Transportation
- Logistics
Status: accepted
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