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Business and Management
Norway
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
46
Citations
9900
World Ranking
1218
National Ranking
10

Engineering and Technology

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47
Citations
10084
World Ranking
4787
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Kjetil Fagerholt is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and environmental science, with significant contributions in related subfields including industrial and manufacturing engineering, environmental engineering, automotive engineering, building and construction, and ocean engineering.

Their work focuses on key topics such as maritime ports and logistics, maritime transport emissions and efficiency, vehicle routing optimization methods, transportation and mobility innovations, urban and freight transport logistics, transportation planning and optimization, and maritime navigation and safety.

Recent publications by Kjetil Fagerholt cover a variety of subjects related to shipping, logistics, and environmental impacts. Notable papers include:

  • Reducing sulfur and nitrogen emissions in shipping economically, 2020, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • Design of a sustainable maritime multi-modal distribution network - Case study from automotive logistics, 2020, Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Optimal ship lifetime fuel and power system selection under uncertainty, 2023, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • Combined maritime fleet deployment and inventory management with port visit flexibility in roll-on roll-off shipping, 2020, Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Integrated planning of berth allocation, quay crane assignment and yard assignment in multiple cooperative terminals, 2024, Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review

Fagerholt frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Frank Meisel (18 co-authored works)
  • Andreas Breivik Ormevik (6 co-authored works)
  • Peter Schütz (6 co-authored works)
  • Henrik Andersson (5 co-authored works)
  • Mohamed Kais Msakni (5 co-authored works)

Their research has been published in a variety of academic venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (10 publications)
  • Maritime Transport Research (8 publications)
  • Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review (6 publications)
  • European Journal of Operational Research (5 publications)
  • Computers & Operations Research (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Ship Routing and Scheduling: Status and Perspectives

    Marielle Christiansen;Kjetil Fagerholt;David Ronen

  • Ship routing and scheduling in the new millennium

    Marielle Christiansen;Kjetil Fagerholt;Bjørn Nygreen;David Ronen

  • Reducing fuel emissions by optimizing speed on shipping routes

    Kjetil Fagerholt;Gilbert Laporte;Inge Norstad

  • Tramp ship routing and scheduling with speed optimization

    Inge Norstad;Kjetil Fagerholt;Gilbert Laporte

  • Optimal fleet design in a ship routing problem

    Kjetil Fagerholt

  • Maritime routing and speed optimization with emission control areas

    Kjetil Fagerholt;Nora Therese Gausel;Jørgen Glomvik Rakke;Harilaos Psaraftis

  • Chapter 4 Maritime Transportation.

    Marielle Christiansen;Kjetil Fagerholt;Bjørn Nygreen;David Ronen

  • Ship scheduling with soft time windows: An optimisation based approach

    Kjetil Fagerholt

  • Designing optimal routes in a liner shipping problem

    Kjetil Fagerholt

  • Optimal policies for maintaining a supply service in the Norwegian Sea

    Kjetil Fagerholt;Håkon Lindstad

  • A rolling horizon heuristic for creating a liquefied natural gas annual delivery program

    Jørgen Glomvik Rakke;Magnus Stålhane;Christian Rørholt Moe;Marielle Christiansen

  • A computer-based decision support system for vessel fleet scheduling: experience and future research

    Kjetil Fagerholt

  • Maritime inventory routing with multiple products: A case study from the cement industry

    Marielle Christiansen;Kjetil Fagerholt;Truls Flatberg;Øyvind Haugen

  • A combined ship scheduling and allocation problem

    Kjetil Fagerholt;Marielle Christiansen

  • Optimal fleet composition and periodic routing of offshore supply vessels

    Elin E. Halvorsen-Weare;Kjetil Fagerholt;Lars Magne Nonås;Bjørn Egil Asbjørnslett

  • On two speed optimization problems for ships that sail in and out of emission control areas

    Kjetil Fagerholt;Harilaos N. Psaraftis

  • A survey on maritime fleet size and mix problems

    Giovanni Pantuso;Kjetil Fagerholt;Lars Magnus Hvattum

  • Robust Ship Scheduling with Multiple Time Windows

    Marielle Christiansen;Kjetil Fagerholt

  • Integrated maritime fleet deployment and speed optimization

    Henrik Andersson;Kjetil Fagerholt;Kirsti Hobbesland

  • Routing and scheduling in a liquefied natural gas shipping problem with inventory and berth constraints

    Elin E. Halvorsen-Weare;Kjetil Fagerholt

Frequent Co-Authors

Marielle Christiansen
Marielle Christiansen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Gilbert Laporte
Gilbert Laporte HEC Montréal
Stein W. Wallace
Stein W. Wallace Norwegian School of Economics
Qiang Meng
Qiang Meng National University of Singapore
Harilaos N. Psaraftis
Harilaos N. Psaraftis Technical University of Denmark
Tolga Bektaş
Tolga Bektaş University of Liverpool
Bjarne A. Foss
Bjarne A. Foss Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Kap Hwan Kim
Kap Hwan Kim Pusan National University
Mikael Rönnqvist
Mikael Rönnqvist Université Laval

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