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Tugboat Operations

Tugboat Operations is a maritime management practice that involves the coordinated deployment and maneuvering of tug vessels to assist in the berthing, unberthing, and navigation of larger ships within confined waterways, harbors, or ports, distinguished by its focus on ensuring safety, efficiency, and precision in ship handling under restricted spatial and environmental conditions.

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946

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102

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48

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2017–2026

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Publications

35

Tugboat scheduling for container ports

Xiaoyang Wei, Shuai Jia, Qiang Meng et al. · Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review · 2020 · 75 citations

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Tugboat scheduling under ship arrival and tugging process time uncertainty

Liujiang Kang, Qiang Meng, Kok Choon Tan · Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review · 2020 · 70 citations

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Simulated Annealing‐Based Ant Colony Algorithm for Tugboat Scheduling Optimization

Qi Xu, Mao Jun, Zhihong Jin · Mathematical Problems in Engineering · 2012 · 53 citations · Full text

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Scheduling Tugboats in a Seaport

Shuai Jia, Shuqin Li, Xudong Lin · Transportation Science · 2021 · 52 citations

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A Bi-objective green tugboat scheduling problem with the tidal port time windows

Huiling Zhong, Yugang Zhang, Yimiao Gu · Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment · 2022 · 44 citations

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Authors

102

  1. QM
    Qiang Meng

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    5 publications · 209 citations

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  2. SJ
    Shuai Jia

    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China

    4 publications · 180 citations

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  3. XW
    Xiaoyang Wei

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    4 publications · 145 citations

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  4. KC
    Kok Choon Tan

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    2 publications · 145 citations

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  5. SW
    Su Wang

    Tianjin University of Technology, China

    2 publications · 45 citations

    2

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Institutions

48

  1. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    732 citations

  2. Wuhan University of Technology

    Wuhan, China

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    129 citations

  3. Dalian Maritime University

    Dalian, China

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    321 citations

  4. East China Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    201 citations

  5. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai, China

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    232 citations

  6. Yıldız Technical University

    Istanbul, Türkiye

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    23 citations

  7. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

    Roorkee, India

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    106 citations

  8. China Ocean Shipping (China)

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    116 citations

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  2. Mathematical Problems in Engineering

    MPE · 2 publications · 86 citations

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  3. Ocean Engineering

    2 publications · 56 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Navigation

    2 publications · 50 citations

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