Contact Email:
Dongping.Song@liverpool.ac.uk
Description:
Applying machine learning techniques and optimisation methods to improve operational efficiency for port yard operations and reduce carbon emissions at container ports.
Maritime transport and logistics; Container shipping supply chain; Empty container/vehicle repositioning; Port operations management; Rail terminal management; Emission analysis and reduction.
Application of mathematical modelling and optimisation techniques to problems arising in freight transportation and distribution planning, and in supply chain networks, with a particular focus on improving the environmental performance, including maintenance planning in sea vessels and last-mile distribution in cities.
Next-generation ports, shipping, hinterlands, crowdshipping, alternative fuels and energy management