Research Article

Containerships Sailing Speed and Fleet Deployment Optimization under a Time-Based Differentiated Freight Rate Strategy

Table 1

East Asia-U.S. West coast liner shipping network.

RouteContainership typeCalling ports

11Lianyungang ⟶ Shanghai ⟶ Ningbo ⟶ Long Beach ⟶ Seattle ⟶ Lianyungang
22Tokyo ⟶ Qingdao ⟶ Shanghai ⟶ Ningbo ⟶ Los Angeles ⟶ Oakland ⟶ Tokyo
32Qingdao ⟶ Shanghai ⟶ Ningbo ⟶ Los Angeles ⟶ Oakland ⟶ Qingdao
41Taipei ⟶ Xiamen ⟶ Shekou ⟶ Yantian ⟶ Los Angeles ⟶ Oakland ⟶ Taipei