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Development of the Integrated System for Repositioning of Sea- and Air-borne Empty Containers

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H02039
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Social systems engineering/Safety system
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

Imai Akio  神戸大学, 海事科学研究科, 教授 (40160022)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 平山 勝敏  神戸大学, 海事科学研究科, 教授 (00273813)
新谷 浩一  東海大学, 海洋学部, 教授 (60290798)
西村 悦子  神戸大学, 海事科学研究科, 准教授 (60311784)
松本 秀暢  神戸大学, 海事科学研究科, 教授 (70294262)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,960,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥6,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,530,000)
Keywords海上コンテナ / コンテナ物流 / ロジスティクス / コンテナ / 最適化
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Most merchandized cargo traffic of the world trade is sea-borne and air-borne with efficient use of containers. The global economy is so complex that trade is in most cases imbalanced, resulting in an enormous volume of empty container repositioning. Due to sea- and air-containers with design features fitting to their transportation modes, each type of container is repositioned by its own transportation mode. Assuming special sea- and air-container concepts with folding function, both of which can be repositioned by any of both transportation modes for empty repositioning cost saving; this study established an evaluation system to examine how this kind of the so-called hybrid empty container repositioning concept works out.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

貿易不均衡に起因する海上ならびに航空コンテナの回送問題は、今や世界中の海運と航空業界で深刻になっている。そのため世界中の物流研究者は効率的な回送システムの開発を研究している。しかし各コンテナはそれぞれ異なる規格で製造されているため、異なる輸送機関で回送輸送することは不可能であり、したがって個別回送システムを前提にしている。しかし本研究課題では、各コンテナに折り畳み機能を付加した概念設計を行い、両コンテナは回送時には折り畳んでいずれの輸送機関でも積載可能な機能を想定した点が極めて独創的である。そしてこのような概念をもとに回送ネットワークシステムの最適化モデルを構築したことも世界的に例を見ない。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (47 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (25 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 19 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (20 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 13 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Delft University of Technology(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] デルフト工科大学(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The impact of foldable containers on the cost of empty container relocation in the hinterland of seaports2020

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Shintani, Rob Konings, Etsuko Nishimura, Akio Imai
    • Journal Title

      Maritime Economics & Logistics

      Volume: 22 Pages: 68-101

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Combinable containers: A container innovation to save container fleet and empty container repositioning costs2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Shintani, Rob Konings, Akio Imai
    • Journal Title

      Transportation Research Part E

      Volume: 130 Pages: 248-272

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Yard and berth planning efficiency with estimated handling time2019

    • Author(s)
      Etsuko Nishimura
    • Journal Title

      Maritime Business Review

      Volume: 5 Pages: 5-29

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Path Location Problem for the Container Terminal with Yard Arrangement2019

    • Author(s)
      Etsuko NISHIMURA, Wenqi GUO
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial

      Volume: 2019 Pages: 233-237

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A heuristic approach for operating the marine container drayage using dummy node concept2019

    • Author(s)
      Etsuko NISHIMURA, Aomi KUTSUNA, Zhujun WEI
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of XXIII International Conference on Material Handling,

      Volume: 23 Pages: 257-262

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Privacy Stochastic Games in Distributed Constraint Reasoning2019

    • Author(s)
      Julien Savaux, Julien Vion, Sylvain Piechowiak, Rene Mandiau,
    • Journal Title

      Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

      Volume: 2019 Issue: 7 Pages: 691-715

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10472-019-09628-8

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Distributed Collision Avoidance Algorithm in an Environment2019

    • Author(s)
      Katsutoshi Hirayama, Koki Miyake, Tomohiro Shiota, Tenda Okimoto
    • Journal Title

      International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

      Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 117-124

    • DOI

      10.12716/1001.13.01.11

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Assessment of Hub Status of Cities in Europe and Asia from an International Air Traffic Perspective2019

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, H. and Domae, K
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Air Transport Management

      Volume: 78 Pages: 88-95

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Connectivity Developments in Air Transport Networks at Primary Asian Airports2019

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, H. and Domae
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies

      Volume: 13 Pages: 2240-2259

    • NAID

      130007791749

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Spatial Concentration of Aerospace Industry and Agglomerations Economies in Aircraft Parts Industry2019

    • Author(s)
      Domae, K. and Matsumoto, H
    • Journal Title

      Asian Transport Studies

      Volume: 5 Pages: 635-652

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Assessment of Hub Status of Cities in Europe and Asia from an International Air Traffic Perspective2019

    • Author(s)
      H. Matsumoto, K. Domae
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Air Transport Management

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The impact of foldable containers on cost savings in empty container relocation by trucks in the hinterland of seaports2019

    • Author(s)
      K. Shintani, R. Konings, A. Imai
    • Journal Title

      Maritime Economics and Logistics

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Effects of New International Airports and Integrator’s Hubs on the Mobility of Cities in Urban Hierarchies: A Case Study in East and Southeast Asia2018

    • Author(s)
      Hidenobu Matsumoto and Koji Domae
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Air Transport Management

      Volume: 71 Pages: 160-166

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.04.003

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Quantifying Hub Status of Cities in International Aviation: A Case Study in Asia2018

    • Author(s)
      H. Matsumoto, K. Domae
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies

      Volume: - Pages: 8-10

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Spatial Concentration of Aerospace Industry and Economic Effect of Agglomeration: A Case Study in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      H. Matsumoto, K. Domae
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Transportation Logistics

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Bounded Approximate Algorithm for Probabilistic Coalition Structure Generation2018

    • Author(s)
      K. Matsumura, T. Okimoto, K. Hirayama
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems

      Volume: - Pages: 123-139

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Vehicle Dispatch Problem with Precedence Constraints for Marine Container Drayage2018

    • Author(s)
      E. NISHIMURA, K. SHINTANI, A. IMAI
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 邦船三社コンテナ船事業の統合直前におけるターミナル利用実態2018

    • Author(s)
      西村悦子, 芦田朋也
    • Journal Title

      日本航海学会誌 NAVIGATION

      Volume: 206 Pages: 30-39

    • NAID

      130007510466

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 海上コンテナの新しい構造デザイン2018

    • Author(s)
      新谷浩一
    • Journal Title

      日本航海学会誌 NAVIGATION

      Volume: 206 Pages: 47-52

    • NAID

      130007510451

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 列生成法とLPラウンディングによる提携構造形成アルゴリズム2018

    • Author(s)
      小浦隆之,平山勝敏,沖本天太
    • Journal Title

      情報処理学会第80回全国大会講演論文集

      Volume: -

    • NAID

      170000177174

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] An Analysis of the Economic Viability of Combinable Containers in a Liner Shipping Network between Two Ports2017

    • Author(s)
      新谷浩一、今井昭夫
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Japan Institute of Navigation

      Volume: 137 Issue: 0 Pages: 27-36

    • DOI

      10.9749/jin.137.27

    • NAID

      130006282139

    • ISSN
      0388-7405, 2187-3275
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] MC-netsにおける利得分配:上界保証付きε-コアを求めるアルゴリズム2017

    • Author(s)
      平山勝敏,赤木純,沖本天太
    • Journal Title

      日本ソフトウェア科学会第34回大会(2017年度)講演論文集

      Volume: -

    • NAID

      40021462345

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Path Location Problem for the Marine Container Terminal with Arbitrary Configuration2017

    • Author(s)
      Etsuko Nishimura
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] World Cities in Air Transport Systems: Focusing on Business Connectivity between Cities and Hub Function in Europe between 2000 and 20122017

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, H. and Domae, K.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 21st World Conference of Air Transport Research Society

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Air Transport Geography in East Asia: Change in the Air Traffic Hubs between 2000 and 20122017

    • Author(s)
      Domae, K. and Matsumoto, H.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 21st World Conference of Air Transport Research Society

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The container fleet sizing and management problem by using combinable containers2019

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Shintani, Rob Konings, Akio Imai
    • Organizer
      9th International Conference on Logistics and Maritime Systems
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Twortyコンテナ利用の最適化に関する研究2019

    • Author(s)
      小川春樹, 今井昭夫, 新谷浩一
    • Organizer
      日本航海学会第140回講演会・物流研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Identifying Influential Variables in CSP2019

    • Author(s)
      Tenda Okimoto, Katsutoshi Hirayama
    • Organizer
      the 20th International Symposium on Advanced
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Resilient Nurse Scheduling Problem2019

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Yoshida, Tenda Okimoto, Katsutoshi Hirayama
    • Organizer
      International Symposium on Scheduling
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] An Analysis of International Air Traffic Movements on the Intra-regional and Inter-continental Levels: A Case Study in Asia2019

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, H. and Domae, K
    • Organizer
      24th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Comparison on Agglomeration Economies between Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industry in Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Domae, K. and Matsumoto, H
    • Organizer
      2019 International Conference on Logistics and Industrial Engineering
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hub Status of European Major Cities in International Aviation2019

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, H. and Domae, K
    • Organizer
      23rd World Conference of Air Transport Research Society
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hub Status of Primary Cities in Asia from the Perspective of International Air Transportation2019

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, H. and Domae, K
    • Organizer
      10th International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 分散最適化アルゴリズムによる自律編成型艦隊制御に関する一考察2019

    • Author(s)
      塩田 知広,宮家 昴希,平山 勝敏,沖本 天太
    • Organizer
      情報処理学会第81回全国大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Agglomeration Economies in Aircraft Parts Industry: A Time-series Analysis at Prefectural Level in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      H. Matsumoto, K. Domae
    • Organizer
      22nd World Conference of Air Transport Research Society
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An Analysis of International Air Traffic Flows and Emerging Global Hub Cities in Asia2018

    • Author(s)
      H. Matsumoto, K. Domae
    • Organizer
      9th Annual Conference of International Transportation Economics Association
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An Analysis of Agglomeration Economies in Maritime Industry: A Case of Kyushu Region in Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      H. Matsumoto, K. Domae
    • Organizer
      11th International Conference of Asian Shipping and Logistics, 237-253
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 分散確率的探索アルゴリズムを用いた船舶衝突回避における非協力船舶の影響2018

    • Author(s)
      唐渡 裕基,平山 勝敏,沖本 天太,金 東均
    • Organizer
      2018年度人工知能学会全国大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] MC-netsにおける利得分配:上界保証付きε-コアを求めるアルゴリズム2017

    • Author(s)
      平山勝敏,赤木純,沖本天太
    • Organizer
      日本ソフトウェア科学会第34回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 列生成法とLPラウンディングによる提携構造形成アルゴリズム2017

    • Author(s)
      小浦隆之,平山勝敏,沖本天太
    • Organizer
      情報処理学会第80回全国大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A container fleet sizing problem with combinable containers in liner shipping between two ports2017

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Shintani, Akio Imai, Ulrich Malchow
    • Organizer
      7th International Conference on Logistics and Maritime Systems
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 二港間定期航路における連結コンテナの経済性に関する基礎的研究2017

    • Author(s)
      新谷浩一, 今井昭夫
    • Organizer
      日本航海学会第136回講演会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Path Location Problem for the Marine Container Terminal with Arbitrary Configuration2017

    • Author(s)
      Etsuko Nishimura
    • Organizer
      2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] World Cities in Air Transport Systems: Focusing on Business Connectivity between Cities and Hub Function in Europe between 2000 and 20122017

    • Author(s)
      Matsumoto, H. and Domae, K.
    • Organizer
      The 21st World Conference of Air Transport Research Society
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Air Transport Geography in East Asia: Change in the Air Traffic Hubs between 2000 and 20122017

    • Author(s)
      Domae, K. and Matsumoto, H.
    • Organizer
      The 21st World Conference of Air Transport Research Society
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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