Solving Problem Of Cargo Congestion By Barging And ICD From Vietnam To China

Abstract

This thesis considers the problems about cargo congestion at ports and the application of multimodal transportation while ensuring the right demand and time. The thesis is based on the case of fruits of the Mekong Delta and the only trading market is China through three ports: Cat Lai, CMIT Cai Mep and Da Nang. The objective is to maximize the profit quarterly of import-export transaction by minimize the total cost of transportation include trucking fee and barging fee. In parallel with it, determining the suitable number of containers to solve congestion is also an important output of the thesis. Linear programming is the chosen method to optimal the objective value and considering capicity of seaport and limitation of total number of vehicle. This model is solved by Cplex which is a highperformance mathematical programming solver for linear programming.