Research on Railway Empty Container Disposition Based on the Integer Linear Programming Method

Railway container transport is an important transport form of contemporary logistics. Due to the imbalance of regional economic development and the unreasonable layout of railway container service stations, serious problems of empty container disposition arise. This paper reveals the reason for empty container disposition and introduces the characteristic and target of empty container disposition. Through a specific numerical example, this study establishes a model of the lowest transportation cost of empty container disposition. With the Integer Linear Programming method, the optimal solution has been found. In addition, the rationality of the model is verified.