Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its group company MOL Information Systems, announced the success of a demonstration test of automated space management for car carriers (booking cargo allocation on operated vessels and accompanying voyage planning) (Fig.1), using mathematical optimization (Note 1), a technology both companies have been working on since 2019.
As a car carrier operator striving to meet customers’ ocean transport needs and logistics requirements, the MOL Group must not only maximize...