An Evaluation of First-Come, First-Served Scheduling in a Geometrically-Constrained Wet Bulk Terminal

In 2022, a new sea lock at IJmuiden is expected to open, permitting an increase in marine traffic of larger ships from the port. interest facilitating operations, we evaluate impact current first-come, first-served (FCFS) admittance policy context berth allocation for wet bulk terminal Four model types are constructed: optimal FCFS; no FCFS with fixed arrival times; 48-h time relaxation; and complete relaxation. Comparison done by means rolling window: each day within frame, schedule was created following 2 weeks, after which objective value calculated. When comparing average all values, it found that already shows improvement compared historical situation. Between model, there considerable differences, because vessels constrained be scheduled on/after their relaxation allowed, efficiency gain possible, especially if arrive