This paper proposes a CDE-MPR methodology designed to forecast and analyze container throughput volumes. The proposed methodology includes: a container throughput module which considers both interactions among ports and other influence factors, a demand demand-oriented module which provides additional information and chance events effect had on the maritime industries. It is applied to forecast...

Procurement of electricity gains more and more focus in enterprises especially with the introduction of electric mobility. At a maritime container terminal the electricity consumption is highly related to the number of container movements of each day. Short-term load forecasting (STLF) methods have not yet been systematically researched when applied to container terminals. Therefore it seems re...

Committed to converting the Port of Balboa into a major transshipment hub, Panama Ports Company (PPC) launched in 2006 a $300-million expansion program to increase berthing and stacking space that would almost triple the port capacity. The site’s history of marine-related activities, deteriorating facilities, buried structures, and poor soils mandated significant investment in clearing and prep...

In this paper, we propose a Markov Decision Process model for an empty repositioning problem in a two-port system. We consider two cases. The first case is the offline case, where demand information is assumed as a random variable with known distribution. The second case is online case where demand information is partially known. In both cases, we figure out the optimal controlling policies. T...

Because of most liner trade is imbalanced, liner operators often need to reposition their empty containers or to lease containers to meet customer’s demand. It is important for liner operators to allocate their empty containers effectively, which implying reducing their leasing cost and the inventory level at ports. In this paper, we consider the ocean transportation problem for empty container...

The Chinese rail network has a fast-growing number of containers in service to promote intermodal transport and attract more freight demand the railway for sustainable system. repositioning empty induces significant problem large-scale network, due spatial imbalance between supply demand. Traditionally, container (ECR) is solved with estimated parameters given distribution, which may difficult ...