Gilbert Laporte

Gilbert Laporte is a Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Logistics of Molde University College (Norway). His research focuses on logistics optimization, maritime transportation systems, and stochastic supply chain management. He collaborates actively with scholars like Homayoun Shaabani, Lars Magnus Hvattum, and Arild Hoff on complex routing and scheduling problems under uncertainty.

Key research themes include inventory routing problems in maritime logistics, robust vessel planning under demand/weather variability, and optimization methodologies for supply chain stability. His work has been published in journals such as EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and Transportation Research Part C.

Laporte contributes to the Energy Logistics Research Group (EneLog), addressing interdisciplinary challenges in energy and transportation logistics. His recent studies emphasize real-world applications of operational research techniques in maritime and supply chain domains.