Ballast water treatment consists of the elimination of exotic species. Currently, the development of alternative methods for this process is directed toward treatment onboard ships. However, we present onshore treatment as a viable alternative for ballast water treatment. We investigated onshore treatment in two iron ore ports with movement capacities of 25 and 90 million tons annually (Mta) th...

In late 2010, Barbados Port Inc. (BPI) selected the Sugar Point team, a joint venture of SMI Infrastructure Solutions and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL), to undertake a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study for a new cruise ship terminal adjacent to the existing Port of Bridgetown. The proposed new facility has been designed to accommodate the largest cruise ships in the world (RCCL’s ...

The berth-allocation problem (BAP) aims to optimally schedule and assign vessels to berthing areas along a quay. The vessels arrive at the port over a period of time and normally request service and departure within a time window. These time windows are usually determined through contractual agreements between the port operator and the carrier, in terms of time of departure after the vessel’s a...

Faster turnaround time of the vessels in berths has direct impact on the improvement of terminals productivity. The need for an intelligent system that dynamically adapts to the changing environment is apparent, as there is limited number of berths and resources available in container terminals for delivering services to vessels. BDI (Beliefs, Desires and Intentions) agents are being proposed i...

The extension and application of a queuing network model to the management of core logistic processes at the Gioia Tauro marine container terminal is presented. Real features incorporated in the model require simulation to solve it. A manager-friendly simulator is designed for the real case study, under the constraint of guaranteeing a finer representation of: the congestion phenomenon at the p...

Fenders are structures installed on the edges of ships to protect ship's hull from impact with dock. The main function fenders is absorb collision energy generated by during berthing at a load applied each ship results in stress distribution surrounding area, which can lead various issues such as damage, cracks, deformations, and others. Additionally, presence different shapes affect values are...

Nowadays, sustainable navigation is becoming a trending topic not only for merchant ships but also pleasure vessels such as motoryachts. Therefore, the adoption of hybrid-electric propulsion system and installation on-board storage devices could increase greenness megayacht. This paper analyses performance three commercial propulsive solutions, using dynamic operative profile considering influe...

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...