Otimização do sistema de transporte aéreo em plataformas offshore

Abstract

The transportation of personnel to offshore platforms is accomplished through maritime and aerial modes, the latter being predominant due to its speed, flexibility and comfort, considering the cost-benefit relation of a sustainable continuous operation. This work aims to optimize the routing of helicopters used in the transportation of personnel to offshore platforms by implementing a mathematical model which focuses on minimizing transportation costs and meeting the platforms’ demands. A MILP model was developed where the objective function minimizes transport time taking into account constraints such as: capacity, services supply, people flow, operational constraints and demand. The model was implemented in the GAMS software (General Algebraic Model System) and solved with the CPLEX solver. The results show that system studied can optimize the logistic services minimizing transportation time and consequently, costs.