| Author | Sakarathorn Boontaveeyuwat |
| Call Number | AIT Diss. no.TE-07-05 |
| Subject(s) | Optimum ship routing
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| Note | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in Transportation Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Dissertation ; no. TE-07-05 |
| Abstract | International trade has experienced a continuous growth during this century owning to an increase both in world population and standard of living. The seaborne activities playa key role for the international trade. The world neet capacity has experienced a similar increase to that the world's seaborne trade. Consequently, the continuous growth in the area of short sea shipping is expected to increase as well because of heavy pressure on road networks and air corridors. The first objective of this dissertation is to investigate the carrier's port choices by large sizes of containerships on trunk routes in Asian port network. The analytical data are constructed to observe the classification of competitive port groups, number of routes by vessel size and number of port visited during the years 2000-2005 derived from International Transportation Handbook. In the shipping industry, the operating costs of ship may increase up to thousands of dollars daily; thus the development of carrier's strategies such the routing and scheduling improvements can result in large monetary savings. The second objective is to design the optimal trunk routes with the consideration of unloading and loading operations. The solution procedures are divided into two phases. First, all feasible routes for each ship are generated regarding capacity and time constraints. The total system costs for each feasible route are calculated in the first phase and these are then inputted to an integer programming model in the second phase. The optimal trunk routes in the two main regions, Southeast and Eastern Asia, with a fleet of heterogeneous ships are presented such that evety origin-destination demand is satisfied. The computational result shows that when more total time constraints for each ship are allowed, cheaper costs are achieved with less number of large ships. Centrality, pOli serves as distribution centre for goods, services and connections between producers, impoliers and exporters. Successful industrial countries have the deep-sea ports in the suitable locations to enhance the competitiveness of carrier's port choices. The last objective of this dissertation is to apply a designed integer programming model on the selection of a new port location on the southern seaboard of Thailand (Pakbara port) as an expecting hub competition among the competitive major ports in Southeast Asia. By solving the integer programming model, several origin-destination container flows in the world are serviced via a hub port selection in Southeast Asia such that the total system costs, taking into account both port costs (entrance and terminal handling charges) and shipping costs (feedering and mainline) are minimized. The significant finding is the Pakbara port turned up as the single - hub port configuration when Singapore, Laem Chabang and Jakarta ports' structural shift in trade flows are used |
| Year | 2008 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Dissertation ; no. TE-07-05 |
| Type | Dissertation |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Transportation Engineering (TE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kunnawee Kanitpong;Hanaoka, Shinya; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Honda, Kiyoshi;Kim, Hyunmyung;Akio, Imai; |
| Degree | Thesis (Ph.D.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2008 |