Ship Scheduling by Pure Car Carriers with Time Windows and Split Loads in Changeable Speeds

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This paper presents a new method for determining shipping routes and schedules using pure car carriers (PCCs) considering total difference to due date and total CO₂ emissions for transportation, as well as split load, changeable speed, load factor, and time window constraints, according to a predetermined planning horizon. Considering the case of a hard time window, in which, a PCC arriving at a distribution center or plant ahead of schedule will wait, we develop a model of PCC scheduling and routing with the relevant time window. We take into account the trade-off between two objective functions, and propose an algorithm to resolve the PCC scheduling and routing problem.