A Study for Eco-Friendly Container Terminal Operations and Technology by using Importance-Performance Analysis

Performance Evaluation of Container Terminal Operations

Due to the recent increase in global trade of finished consumer goods the worldwide container traffic has grown dramatically. As a result, new terminals opened and existing terminals face a much higher container turnover than before. In order to meet these challenges, one of the biggest container terminals in Turkey seeks to reconsider its terminal operations and to improve its overall logistic...

Optimizing Container Terminal Operations

A New Approach for Sequencing Loading and Unloading Operations in the Seaside Area of a Container Terminal

Due to the considerable growth in the worldwide container transportation, optimization of container terminal operations is becoming highly needed to rationalize the use of logistics resources. For this reason, we focus our study on the Quay Crane Scheduling Problem (QCSP), which is a core task of managing maritime container terminals. From this planning problem arise two decisions to be made: T...

Simulation and optimization of container terminal operations: a case study

Container terminals are facing a set of interrelated problems. Container handling problems at container terminals are NP –hard problems. The docking time of container ships at the port must be optimized. In this paper we have built a simulation model that integrates all the activities of a container terminal. The proposed approach is applied on a real case study data of container terminal at El...

Modeling and Design of Container Terminal Operations

Design of container terminal operations is complex because multiple factors affect the operational performance. These factors include: topological constraints, a large number of design parameters and settings, and stochastic interactions that interplay among the quayside, vehicle transport, and stackside processes. In this research, we propose new integrated queuing network models for rapid des...