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This research deals with problems related to distribution networks for lessthan-truckload (LTL) freight transportation. More specifically, we deal with two relevant problems that arise. The first corresponds to the strategic problem of designing and configuring hub-and-spoke networks in terms of simultaneously determining the optimal number of consolidation terminals (hub) nodes, their locations and the allocation of the other terminals (spokes) to the hubs. . Once the network configuration is determined, the second problem, in the tactical level of decision, corresponds to defining the path that each LTL individual freight needs to follow from its origin to reach its destination terminal, at a minimum cost, having a hub-and-spoke network topology as a data entry to the problem. A new mathematical model is proposed to represent the strategic problem of designing a hub-and-spoke network, with fewer variables and constraints than previous formulations found in the literature This model allowed us to obtain optimal solutions for problems in transportation networks with up to 100 terminals, reporting for the first time the optimal solutions of benchmark problems in the literature. Since this problems still remains too hard to solve for larger instances, we propose we propose three variants of a simple and efficient multi-start tabu search heuristic as well as a two-stage integrated tabu search heuristic to solve it. Computational experiments using typical benchmark problems (CAB and AP data sets) as well as new and modified instances show that our approaches consistently return the optimal or bestknown results in very short CPU times, thus allowing the possibility of efficiently solving larger instances of the USAHLP than those found in the literature. The second problem is motivated by a practical application of a LTL transportation company in Brazil. It deals with the planning of loads to be done at each terminal, taking into account each LTL freight that needs to be transported, defining the path that each good needs to follow to reach its destination. A new mathematical model is proposed, and, since real world problems are very hard to solve, a heuristic based on tabu search is also developed. Computational experiments show that our heuristic can effectively solve real-world instances from a trucking company in Brazil

Uma contribuição ao projeto de redes de transporte de carga parcelada.