Applications of decision support in the area of maritime shipping with focus on liner shipping.
Knowledge about mathematical programming applied to maritime planning problems. En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:

• Critically evaluate different models applied to maritime planning problems.
• Develop models and solution methods for newly identified maritime planning problems.
• Identify operations research related problems occurring in the liner shipping industry.
• Apply solution methods to selected maritime problems.
• Critically evaluate which solution method to apply to a given maritime planning problem.
• Describe recent research in the presented areas.
• Describe the different operations in maritime freight transport.
• Critically evaluate the current operations.

The course will give an overview of general planning problems in the
maritime shipping industry with an emphasis on the segment of liner
shipping. The course will consist of lectures from both industry and
academia represented by several universities. Mathematical models will
be presented for each topic.


The following topics will be covered: Bunker fuel optimization, berth
scheduling, disruption management, fleet renewal, green logistics, inland transport to
final customers, network design, speed optimization, stowage. Each
topic will consist of lectures and exercises. The lectures/exercises are placed
during the first two weeks of the 3-week period and is ended by an
short exam in the the second week.

In the last week of the course the participants will read a recent
article (articles to choose between are provided at the beginning of
the course) or work on an application project. The students will work in groups of 2-3 students, and
will present the contents of the paper or project on the last day of the 3rd
week. A 10 page review of the article or report on application project is handed in
at the end of the course. Handouts of articles. 27. januar, 2017