scholarly journals Modeling and Design of Container Terminal Operations

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 686-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debjit Roy ◽  
René De Koster ◽  
René Bekker
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Heavy Traffic ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Automated Guided Vehicles ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Container Terminal Operations ◽  
Terminal Operations

The design of container terminal operations is complex because multiple factors affect operational performance. These factors include numerous choices for handling technology, terminal topology, and design parameters and stochastic interactions between the quayside, stackside, and vehicle transport processes. In this research, we propose new integrated queuing network models for rapid design evaluation of container terminals with automated lift vehicles and automated guided vehicles. These models offer the flexibility to analyze alternate design variations and develop insights. For instance, the effect of different vehicle dwell point policies and efficient terminal layouts are analyzed. We show the relation among the dwell point–dependent waiting times and also show their asymptotic equivalence at heavy traffic conditions. These models form the building blocks for design and analysis of large-scale terminal operations. We test the model efficacy using detailed simulation experiments and real-terminal validation.

scholarly journals An Investigation into Switching Vessel Sizes for Efficient Container Terminal Operations: A Case Study of Kaohsiung Port

2021 ◽  
Vol 163 (A1) ◽  
pp. 101-118
Author(s):  
En-Wei Chang ◽  
Hui-Huang Tai
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Operating Efficiency ◽  
Container Terminal Operations ◽  
Port Area ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Terminal Operations

Given the continued growth in the size of container ships, major hub ports around the world have carried out large-scale upgrades of their port facilities to attract shipping companies to choose their ports, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of their ports. This study takes Kaohsiung Port as an example and uses the Decision Analytic Network Process (DANP) method to investigate container terminal operations by switching container terminal operations to appropriate new locations. The results of the study indicate that, despite the external issues (such as a lack of deep-water terminals and hinterland in the port area, the upsizing of ships, and new strategic shipping alliances), Kaohsiung Port authority must accelerate the upgrade of its container terminals, integrate its port resources to build deep-water berth facilities with highefficient container operating system, and improve the operating efficiency of its existing terminals, as a means to maintain the status of Kaohsiung Port as a regional centre.

scholarly journals Risk Assessment of Work Accident in Container Terminals Using the Fault Tree Analysis Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arif Budiyanto ◽  
Haris Fernanda
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Fault Tree ◽  
Fault Tree Analysis ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Tree Analysis ◽  
Container Terminal Operations ◽  
Terminal Operations

The use of containers in the world is increasing every year in line with international trade flows. In very complex container terminal operations, the risk of work accidents is inevitable and can happen at any time. Therefore, this paper aimed to identify accidents and potential risks occurring in the container terminals. For the case study, the analysis was used the data of accidents during five years in one of the major container terminals in Indonesia. Risk assessment is carried out using the risk matrix method to get the level of risk. The risk that has the highest level is analyzed by using the Fault Tree Analysis method. From the results of the risk assessment shows the container fell to the berth when loading and unloading have the highest risk value. While the results of the Fault Tree Analysis show that traffic accidents are the biggest potential risk, which is 41.8% compared to other accidents. Moreover, human factors especially due to the negligence in operating vehicles or equipment as well as the damage of equipment were the highest common causes of accidents in the container terminal. Based on these results the contribution offered is the risk control options for terminal operators to reduce the possibility of safety failure in the container terminal.

scholarly journals Method of Assessing the Impact of Polish Container Terminals in Reducing the External Costs of Transport

1970 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Kotowska
Keyword(s):  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
External Costs ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Container Terminal Operations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Costs And Benefits ◽  
Marine Container Terminal ◽  
Terminal Operations ◽  
The Impact

The paper attempts to identify the social costs and benefits of marine container terminal operations regarding feeder vessels services. It presents a method of valuation which takes into account the external costs of additional factors: the nature and direction of the shipping lines operated by the terminals and the size of port hinterland. Based on the proposed method, the impact of container terminals to reduce the external costs of transport has been assessed.

scholarly journals A hybrid framework for evaluating the performance of port container terminal operations

Pomorstvo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-269
Author(s):  
Mouhsene Fri ◽  
Kaoutar Douaioui ◽  
Nabil Lamii ◽  
Charif Mabrouki ◽  
El Alami Semma
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Container Terminal Operations ◽  
Hybrid Framework ◽  
Artificial Neural Network Ann ◽  
Terminal Operations

This work intends to integrate artificial neural network (ANN) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) in a single framework to evaluate the performance of operations in the container terminal. The proposed framework is based on three steps. In the first step, a proposed identify the performance measures objectives and the indicators affecting the system. In the second step, the efficiency scores of the system are computed by using the Charnes Cooper and Rhodes (CCR) model (oriented inputs). In the last step, the Moth Search Algorithm (MSA) is employed as a new method for training the Feedforward Neural Network (FNN) to determine the efficiency scores. To demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed framework, two container terminals of Tangier and Casablanca are adopted to evaluate the performance.

scholarly journals Truck Appointment System for Cooperation between the Transport Companies and the Terminal Operator at Container Terminals

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Hyeonu Im ◽  
Jiwon Yu ◽  
Chulung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cooperation Model ◽  
Appointment System ◽  
New Form ◽  
Truck Appointment System ◽  
Import Container ◽  
Very High

Despite the number of sailings canceled in the past few months, as demand has increased, the utilization of ships has become very high, resulting in sudden peaks of activity at the import container terminals. Ship-to-ship operations and yard activity at the container terminals are at their peak and starting to affect land operations on truck arrivals and departures. In response, a Truck Appointment System (TAS) has been developed to mitigate truck congestion that occurs between the gate and the yard of the container terminal. The vehicle booking system is developed and operated in-house at large-scale container terminals, but efficiency is low due to frequent truck schedule changes by the transport companies (forwarders). In this paper, we propose a new form of TAS in which the transport companies and the terminal operator cooperate. Numerical experiments show that the efficiency of the cooperation model is better by comparing the case where the transport company (forwarder) and the terminal operator make their own decision and the case where they cooperate. The cooperation model shows higher efficiency as there are more competing transport companies (forwarders) and more segmented tasks a truck can reserve.

scholarly journals Common resources-resource bundling-performance: the mediating role of resource bundling in container terminal operations

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 809-831
Author(s):  
Teddy Laksmana ◽  
Himanshu Shee ◽  
Vinh V. Thai
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Service Performance ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Common Resources ◽  
Container Terminal Operations ◽  
The Impact

PurposeBuilding on the resource-based view (RBV) perspective of common resources, the objective of this paper is to empirically examine the impact of container terminals' common resources (i.e. government support and terminal resources) on resource bundling strategies and subsequent effect on service performance.Design/methodology/approachUsing cross-sectional survey data collected from a sample of 216 respondents of Indonesia's container terminals, this study used structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypothesised relationships between common resources, resource bundling strategies and service performance.FindingsGovernment support and terminal resources (personnel and physical), both as sources of common resources when bundled effectively, are found to have positive and significant effect on terminal service performance. The resource bundling strategies fully mediate the relationship between container terminals' common resources and service performance.Practical implicationsThe study introduces the notion of common resources to container terminal managers in contrast to the valuable, rare, inimitable and non-substitutable (VRIN) types. It is recommended that appropriate resource bundling strategies can turn the common resources into VRIN resources that can be used to obtain desired service performance.Originality/valueRBV theorists suggest that resources that are VRIN types can be the source of competitive advantage. However, the resources can also be common, basic and valuable, a fact that is rarely investigated in the literature. These common resources can be bundled judiciously with other pre-existing resources to create VRIN resources. This research enriches the RBV by empirically validating that VRIN resources are embedded within various common resources bundling strategies.

scholarly journals Research on Cooperative Scheduling of Automated Quayside Cranes and Automatic Guided Vehicles in Automated Container Terminal

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Qianru Zhao ◽  
Shouwen Ji ◽  
Dong Guo ◽  
Xuemin Du ◽  
Hongxuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Automated Guided Vehicles ◽  
Total Energy Consumption ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Taboo Search ◽  
Automatic Guided Vehicles ◽  
Collaborative Scheduling ◽  
Taboo Search Algorithm

According to previous research studies, automated quayside cranes (AQCs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in automated container terminals have a high potential synergy. In this paper, a collaborative scheduling model for AQCs and AGVs is established and the capacity limitation of the transfer platform on AQCs is considered in the model. The minimum total energy consumption of automated quayside cranes (AQCs) and Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) is taken as the objective function. A two-stage taboo search algorithm is adopted to solve the problem of collaborative scheduling optimization. This algorithm integrates AQC scheduling and AGV scheduling. The optimal solution to the model is obtained by feedback from the two-stage taboo search process. Finally, the Qingdao Port is taken as an example of a data experiment. Ten small size test cases are solved to evaluate the performance of the proposed optimization methods. The results show the applicability of the two-stage taboo search algorithm since it can find near-optimal solutions, precisely and accurately.

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