Container Terminal Yard Optimisation: A Case In Turkey

Due to the ever-changing nature of container terminals, fluctuations in storage capacity, and updates vessel loading lists, yard can often become a hindrance efficient terminal operations. One specific bottleneck frequently encountered stacking is referred as clash. This phenomenon results longer times for containers caused by with same time different vessels within limited block availability equipment. To address this issue, binary integer optimization model was developed implemented at major Turkey minimize clashes. The indicated significant decrease 92% clashes during outbound containers, which turn led an increase 2% total number handled per hour.