A Series of Seminars Delivered by Ass. Pro. ManWo Ng

Speaker Bio:

Dr. ManWo Ng is currently the E.V. Williams Faculty Research Fellow and Assistant Professor of Maritime and Supply Chain Management in the Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University, where he has worked extensively with the transportation & logistics industry, including the Port of Virginia and the U.S. Department of Transportation. He holds degrees in Transportation (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin), Statistics (M.S., UT Austin), Applied Mathematics (M.S., Delft University of Technology) and Mechanical Engineering (B.S., Delft University of Technology). He is serving as the Co-Editor-in-Chier for Maritime Transport Research, Editorial Board Editor of Transportation Research Part B and is an editorial board member of 6 other transportation & logistics journals, including Transportation Research Parts C and E. Dr. Ng’s research focus is diverse, which includes container port operations, ocean shipping, supply chain management, disaster management and urban transportation. This has resulted in almost 50 journal publications that have appeared in a wide array of academic outlets, such as the Transportation Research series, International Journal of Production Research, European Journal of Operational Research, and the International Journal of Production Economics.

 

Topics:

 1.    An Overview of Port Operations Systems 

This seminar provides an introductory overview of the different port operations systems used at modern container terminals. We will examine their characteristics in detail. The pros and cons of each operation system is also discussed.

 

Date: Dec 22nd, 2020, 9AM (Shanghai Time)

Tencent Meeting ID: 68254261856

 

 2.    Berth Scheduling: An Introduction

This seminar provides an introduction to the berth allocation problem at marine container terminals. Different scheduling objectives are examined. Exact solution algorithms and heuristics are then presented to find optimal berthing schedules.

 

Date: Dec 24th, 2020, 9AM (Shanghai Time)

Tencent Meeting ID: 68254261856

 

 3.    Container Rehandling Problems at Marine Container Terminals

This seminar provides an introduction to the various container rehandling problems encountered at marine container terminals. Specifically, we will examine remarshalling and relocation problems. Different variations of these problems are discussed.

 

Date: Dec 29th, 2020, 9AM (Shanghai Time)

Tencent Meeting ID: 68254261856

 

 4.    Vessel Speed Optimization

Vessel speed optimization has been recognized as a practical cost reduction strategy in the maritime shipping industry. This seminar takes a new look at the trade-off between sailing speed and the number of vessels required to maintain a given service frequency. Fundamental insights will be revealed.

 

Date: Dec 31st, 2020, 9AM (Shanghai Time)

Tencent Meeting ID: 68254261856

 

 5.    Rail Intermodal Management At Marine Container Terminals

Rail is increasingly being recognized as an important and sustainable mode to transport containers in and out of congested marine terminals. In this seminar, we examine an optimization model that can create high-utilization loading plans for double stack trains at marine terminals.

 

Date: Jan 5th, 9AM (Shanghai Time)

Tencent Meeting ID: 68254261856

 

 6.    The Fleet Deployment Problem in Container Shipping

One important problem faced by the liner shipping industry is the fleet deployment problem. In this problem, the number and type of vessels to be assigned to the various shipping routes need to be determined, in such a way that profit is maximized, while at the same time ensuring that (most of the time) sufficient vessel capacity exists to meet shipping demand. In this seminar, one class of liner fleet deployment models in the literature is discussed.

 

Date: Jan 7th, 2021, 9AM (Shanghai Time)

Tencent Meeting ID: 68254261856

 

 7.    Crew Injuries In Container Vessel Accidents

This seminar examines the determinants of the probability of non-fatal and fatal crew injuries in container vessel accidents. The determinants are deduced from an estimated profit regression equation based upon container vessel accident data. These results are critical in developing new policies in reducing non-fatal and fatal crew injuries in container vessel accidents.

 

Date: Jan 12th, 2021, 9AM (Shanghai Time)

Tencent Meeting ID: 68254261856

 

 8.    Chassis Management at US Container Ports

Marine container chassis have emerged at the forefront of container port operations in the United States, after shipping lines stopped providing chassis as part of their service. With the operation and management responsibilities transferred to new parties, chassis dislocation has been a major problem across the United States. This seminar examines some of the latest research in this area.

 

Date: Jan 14th, 2021, 9AM (Shanghai Time)

Tencent Meeting ID: 68254261856