Container – Terminal – Gate – System Optimization

Intelligent Container Stacking System; Seaport Container Terminal

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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...

Container Terminal Management: Integrated Models and Large-Scale Optimization Algorithms

This thesis deals with models and methods for large scale optimization problems; in particular, we focus on decision problems arising in the context of seaport container terminals for the efficient management of terminal operations. Large-scale optimization problems are both difficult to handle and important in many concrete contexts. They usually originate from real world applications, such as...

Optimizing Container Terminal Operations

A decision support system for operations in a container terminal

We describe a variety of inter-related decisions made during daily operations at a container terminal. The ultimate goal of these decisions is to minimize the berthing time of vessels, the resources needed for handling the workload, the waiting time of customer trucks, and the congestion on the roads and at the storage blocks and docks inside the terminal; and to make the best use of the storag...