Routing and scheduling of platform supply vessels in offshore oil and gas logistics

Victor Anselmo Silva, Akang Wang, Virgílio José Martins Ferreira Filho, Chrysanthos E. Gounaris

Abstract: Highlights•A novel MILP model for a rich-featured maritime routing and scheduling problem.•Composite objective function that balances fleet utilization and fuel costs.•Rounded capacity inequalities dynamically separated to speed up solution process.•A comprehensive suite of 3,600 benchmark instances inspired from real operator data.•Discussion of current practice landscape in offshore logistics.