Modeling and Design of Container Terminal Operations

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...

Optimizing Container Terminal Operations

SimConT Simulation of hinterland Container Terminal operations

The Simulation of functions of container terminals is an approach for efficient resource-planning and effective capacity analysis of Hinterland Container Terminals (HCTs). This paper presents the first results of an HCT overall solution tool which integrates configuration, simulation and reporting, and which is understood as a prototype of a special hinterland container terminal optimization-en...

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...

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...