Effects of demurrage and detention regimes on dry-port-based inland container transport

Increase of congestion at container deep seaports and shortage of capacity has led inland transport systems worldwide to rely more and more on inland terminals, and on the use of high capacity modes of transport to generate economies of scale and reduce negative effects of trucking. In this setting, planning the transport of maritime containers between a deep seaport and a final inland destination must also consider due dates and soft time windows, the latter known as Demurrage and Detention (D&D). In this paper, the authors formalize the concept of D&D, model the multimodal planning problem, and assess the impact of different D&D regimes on the emerging inland transport systems. By means of an experimental framework, the authors compare different D&D policies and provide managerial insights. The experiments highlight the effects of existing D&D regimes on transport efficiency and provide guidelines for their choice in practice. D&D are shown to have a twofold effect: first to limit consolidation opportunities and force the use of trucks as buffer, and second to push containers to dwell unnecessarily at the seaports.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.01.012
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968090X18300354
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Fazi, Stefano
  • Roodbergen, Kees Jan
• Publication Date: 2018-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-18
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
  • Volume: 89
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0968-090X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0968090X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demurrage; Detention; Dwell time; Freight consolidators; Guidelines; Inland water transportation; Management; Multimodal transportation; Policy; River ports; Seaports
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01666175
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 2018 11:33AM