Designing The Multimodal Transport Route for Fruit Export
Keywords:
Multimodal Transportation,, Cost Minimization ,, Linear Optimization Model,, Fruit Export, and Surat Thani PortAbstract
This paper presents a design of new routes set for minimizing container transportation cost which is the highest proportion in logistics cost system as much as 50% . The new routes set is considered as the multimodal transportation between trailer only and barge - trailer modes by utilizing the linear optimization model to determine the optimal routes set with cargo amount in each route. The results derived from the model found the new routes set can minimize cost and time for 17.52% and 61% respectively. The results derived from the model can be immensely beneficial to the transportation and logistics operators aspiring to reduce costs usage under time constraint for fruit export and other cargoes in reefer container through the chief executive of Surat Thani port as well.
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