Marvin Kastner, M.Sc.

Address

Hamburg University of Technology
Institute of Maritime Logistics
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4 (D)
21073 Hamburg

 

Contact Details & Profiles

Office: building D room 5.007
Phone: +49 40 42878 4793
E-mail: marvin.kastner(at)tuhh(dot)de
ORCiD: 0000-0001-8289-2943
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvin-kastner/
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marvin-Kastner
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=lAR-oVAAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57221938031



Research Focus

  • Simulation-based Design of Container Terminals
  • Optimization of Yard Operations at Container Terminals
  • Data-driven Improvement of Maritime Security
  • Machine Learning in Maritime Logistic
  • Optimization of Multivariate Black-box Functions

Presentations and workshops (Excerpt)

  • 25.01.2023 a talk at the 7. Suderburger Logistics Forum: "AI-assisted planning of cargo handling facilities with the example of container terminals" (title translated)
  • 15.09.2022 a talk at the MLE-Days 2022: "Synthetic data for reinforcement learning in container terminal control systems."
  • 28.06.2022 a workshop at the Graduate Academy of TUHH: "Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks" (title translated) [more]
  • 02.07.2021 a workshop at the MLE-Days 2021: "Machine Learning in Maritime Logistics" (title translated) [zip]
  • 16.03.2021 a workshop at the Graduate Academy of TUHH: "Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks" (title translated) [more]
  • 30.11.2020 in the lecture series "Train Your Engineering Network" of the MLE initiative: "How to Talk About Machine Learning with Jupyter Notebooks"
  • 22.11.2019 at DISRUPT NOW! AI for Hamburg: "Artificial Intelligence in Maritime Economy" (title translated) [more]
  • 29.10.2019 in the context of forschungsbörse: "Maritime Logistics - an all-round cover" (title translated) [more]
  • 23.10.2019 at the Open Access Week 2019 at TUHH: "Data Analysis - Describe and Visualize Data with Jupyter Notebooks" (title translated) [more] [git]
  • 16.11.2018 at the GI DevCamp Hamburg: "Mobility Research and GDPR"
  • 27.09.2018 at SGKV WG regarding truck arrivals: "Forecasting and Neural Networks – What is possible?" (title translated)


Publications (Excerpt)

2024

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Title: Current state and trends in tramp ship routing and scheduling. <em>Digital transformation in maritime and city logistics</em>
Written by: Pache, Hannah and Kastner, Marvin and Jahn, Carlos
in: <em>HICL 2019</em>. (2019).
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on pages: 369-394
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Editor: In Jahn, Carlos and Kersten, Wolfgang and Ringle, Christian M. (Eds.)
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DOI: 10.15480/882.2504
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11420/3788
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Note: i3lab

Abstract: Purpose: This paper discusses the current state of routing and scheduling in tramp shipping, an important planning problem on the operational level in maritime logistics. The purpose is to report and compare the existing methods and to investigate possible future additions and improvements. Furthermore, an outlook on potential applications of machine learning for this optimization problem is given. Methodology: In this paper an extensive literature review of reports and journal papers on cargo routing in tramp shipping of the last seven years is conducted. The wide range of findings are categorized by the different considered characteristics. The results are analyzed and trends are pointed out. Findings: Optimization problems in tramp shipping differ in their main properties from liner shipping or classical vehicle routing problems. Thus, different approaches and implementations are required when developing or adapting existing optimization algorithms. The real-world problem is often limited in the optimization, so found solutions are improvements, but cannot fully reflect reality yet. Originality: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of tramp ship routing and scheduling. Although optimization of routing and scheduling in liner shipping is fairly well researched, the publications on tramp shipping are sparse in comparison. This leaves room for future research, as the findings for liner shipping and vehicle routing are not directly applicable to tramp shipping.

2023

[182448]
Title: Current state and trends in tramp ship routing and scheduling. <em>Digital transformation in maritime and city logistics</em>
Written by: Pache, Hannah and Kastner, Marvin and Jahn, Carlos
in: <em>HICL 2019</em>. (2019).
Volume: Number:
on pages: 369-394
Chapter:
Editor: In Jahn, Carlos and Kersten, Wolfgang and Ringle, Christian M. (Eds.)
Publisher: epubli:
Series:
Address:
Edition:
ISBN:
how published:
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Institution:
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DOI: 10.15480/882.2504
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11420/3788
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[www]

Note: i3lab

Abstract: Purpose: This paper discusses the current state of routing and scheduling in tramp shipping, an important planning problem on the operational level in maritime logistics. The purpose is to report and compare the existing methods and to investigate possible future additions and improvements. Furthermore, an outlook on potential applications of machine learning for this optimization problem is given. Methodology: In this paper an extensive literature review of reports and journal papers on cargo routing in tramp shipping of the last seven years is conducted. The wide range of findings are categorized by the different considered characteristics. The results are analyzed and trends are pointed out. Findings: Optimization problems in tramp shipping differ in their main properties from liner shipping or classical vehicle routing problems. Thus, different approaches and implementations are required when developing or adapting existing optimization algorithms. The real-world problem is often limited in the optimization, so found solutions are improvements, but cannot fully reflect reality yet. Originality: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of tramp ship routing and scheduling. Although optimization of routing and scheduling in liner shipping is fairly well researched, the publications on tramp shipping are sparse in comparison. This leaves room for future research, as the findings for liner shipping and vehicle routing are not directly applicable to tramp shipping.

2022

[182448]
Title: Current state and trends in tramp ship routing and scheduling. <em>Digital transformation in maritime and city logistics</em>
Written by: Pache, Hannah and Kastner, Marvin and Jahn, Carlos
in: <em>HICL 2019</em>. (2019).
Volume: Number:
on pages: 369-394
Chapter:
Editor: In Jahn, Carlos and Kersten, Wolfgang and Ringle, Christian M. (Eds.)
Publisher: epubli:
Series:
Address:
Edition:
ISBN:
how published:
Organization:
School:
Institution:
Type:
DOI: 10.15480/882.2504
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11420/3788
ARXIVID:
PMID:

[www]

Note: i3lab

Abstract: Purpose: This paper discusses the current state of routing and scheduling in tramp shipping, an important planning problem on the operational level in maritime logistics. The purpose is to report and compare the existing methods and to investigate possible future additions and improvements. Furthermore, an outlook on potential applications of machine learning for this optimization problem is given. Methodology: In this paper an extensive literature review of reports and journal papers on cargo routing in tramp shipping of the last seven years is conducted. The wide range of findings are categorized by the different considered characteristics. The results are analyzed and trends are pointed out. Findings: Optimization problems in tramp shipping differ in their main properties from liner shipping or classical vehicle routing problems. Thus, different approaches and implementations are required when developing or adapting existing optimization algorithms. The real-world problem is often limited in the optimization, so found solutions are improvements, but cannot fully reflect reality yet. Originality: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of tramp ship routing and scheduling. Although optimization of routing and scheduling in liner shipping is fairly well researched, the publications on tramp shipping are sparse in comparison. This leaves room for future research, as the findings for liner shipping and vehicle routing are not directly applicable to tramp shipping.

2021

[182448]
Title: Current state and trends in tramp ship routing and scheduling. <em>Digital transformation in maritime and city logistics</em>
Written by: Pache, Hannah and Kastner, Marvin and Jahn, Carlos
in: <em>HICL 2019</em>. (2019).
Volume: Number:
on pages: 369-394
Chapter:
Editor: In Jahn, Carlos and Kersten, Wolfgang and Ringle, Christian M. (Eds.)
Publisher: epubli:
Series:
Address:
Edition:
ISBN:
how published:
Organization:
School:
Institution:
Type:
DOI: 10.15480/882.2504
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11420/3788
ARXIVID:
PMID:

[www]

Note: i3lab

Abstract: Purpose: This paper discusses the current state of routing and scheduling in tramp shipping, an important planning problem on the operational level in maritime logistics. The purpose is to report and compare the existing methods and to investigate possible future additions and improvements. Furthermore, an outlook on potential applications of machine learning for this optimization problem is given. Methodology: In this paper an extensive literature review of reports and journal papers on cargo routing in tramp shipping of the last seven years is conducted. The wide range of findings are categorized by the different considered characteristics. The results are analyzed and trends are pointed out. Findings: Optimization problems in tramp shipping differ in their main properties from liner shipping or classical vehicle routing problems. Thus, different approaches and implementations are required when developing or adapting existing optimization algorithms. The real-world problem is often limited in the optimization, so found solutions are improvements, but cannot fully reflect reality yet. Originality: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of tramp ship routing and scheduling. Although optimization of routing and scheduling in liner shipping is fairly well researched, the publications on tramp shipping are sparse in comparison. This leaves room for future research, as the findings for liner shipping and vehicle routing are not directly applicable to tramp shipping.

2020
[182448]
Title: Current state and trends in tramp ship routing and scheduling. <em>Digital transformation in maritime and city logistics</em>
Written by: Pache, Hannah and Kastner, Marvin and Jahn, Carlos
in: <em>HICL 2019</em>. (2019).
Volume: Number:
on pages: 369-394
Chapter:
Editor: In Jahn, Carlos and Kersten, Wolfgang and Ringle, Christian M. (Eds.)
Publisher: epubli:
Series:
Address:
Edition:
ISBN:
how published:
Organization:
School:
Institution:
Type:
DOI: 10.15480/882.2504
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11420/3788
ARXIVID:
PMID:

[www]

Note: i3lab

Abstract: Purpose: This paper discusses the current state of routing and scheduling in tramp shipping, an important planning problem on the operational level in maritime logistics. The purpose is to report and compare the existing methods and to investigate possible future additions and improvements. Furthermore, an outlook on potential applications of machine learning for this optimization problem is given. Methodology: In this paper an extensive literature review of reports and journal papers on cargo routing in tramp shipping of the last seven years is conducted. The wide range of findings are categorized by the different considered characteristics. The results are analyzed and trends are pointed out. Findings: Optimization problems in tramp shipping differ in their main properties from liner shipping or classical vehicle routing problems. Thus, different approaches and implementations are required when developing or adapting existing optimization algorithms. The real-world problem is often limited in the optimization, so found solutions are improvements, but cannot fully reflect reality yet. Originality: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of tramp ship routing and scheduling. Although optimization of routing and scheduling in liner shipping is fairly well researched, the publications on tramp shipping are sparse in comparison. This leaves room for future research, as the findings for liner shipping and vehicle routing are not directly applicable to tramp shipping.

2019

[182448]
Title: Current state and trends in tramp ship routing and scheduling. <em>Digital transformation in maritime and city logistics</em>
Written by: Pache, Hannah and Kastner, Marvin and Jahn, Carlos
in: <em>HICL 2019</em>. (2019).
Volume: Number:
on pages: 369-394
Chapter:
Editor: In Jahn, Carlos and Kersten, Wolfgang and Ringle, Christian M. (Eds.)
Publisher: epubli:
Series:
Address:
Edition:
ISBN:
how published:
Organization:
School:
Institution:
Type:
DOI: 10.15480/882.2504
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11420/3788
ARXIVID:
PMID:

[www]

Note: i3lab

Abstract: Purpose: This paper discusses the current state of routing and scheduling in tramp shipping, an important planning problem on the operational level in maritime logistics. The purpose is to report and compare the existing methods and to investigate possible future additions and improvements. Furthermore, an outlook on potential applications of machine learning for this optimization problem is given. Methodology: In this paper an extensive literature review of reports and journal papers on cargo routing in tramp shipping of the last seven years is conducted. The wide range of findings are categorized by the different considered characteristics. The results are analyzed and trends are pointed out. Findings: Optimization problems in tramp shipping differ in their main properties from liner shipping or classical vehicle routing problems. Thus, different approaches and implementations are required when developing or adapting existing optimization algorithms. The real-world problem is often limited in the optimization, so found solutions are improvements, but cannot fully reflect reality yet. Originality: This paper provides a comprehensive overview of tramp ship routing and scheduling. Although optimization of routing and scheduling in liner shipping is fairly well researched, the publications on tramp shipping are sparse in comparison. This leaves room for future research, as the findings for liner shipping and vehicle routing are not directly applicable to tramp shipping.