scholarly journals A New Simulation Model for a Comprehensive Evaluation of Yard Truck Deployment Strategies at Marine Container Terminals

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxim A. Dulebenets
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Gantry Crane ◽  
Deployment Strategy ◽  
Efficient Planning ◽  
Port Congestion ◽  
Marine Container Terminal

Taking into account increasing volumes of the international seaborne trade and increasing port congestion, marine container terminal operators have to improve efficiency of their operations in order to provide timely service of vessels and avoid product delivery delays to customers. This paper focuses on improvement of container transfer operations between the seaside and the marshaling yard and proposes five yard truck deployment strategies. Performance of the considered marine container terminal is evaluated under each one of the yard truck deployment strategies via simulation. Different performance indicators are estimated to determine how the suggested yard truck deployment strategies will affect all equipment types, involved in container handling and transfer. Results from the extensive simulation experiments showcase that all five yard truck deployment strategies provide similar values of vessel service and quay crane performance indicators, while the shortest distance based yard truck deployment strategy yields superior gantry crane and yard truck performance indicators. The worst values of performance indicators are recorded for the random yard truck deployment strategy. Furthermore, the developed simulation model can serve as an efficient planning tool for marine container terminal operators and enhance productivity of the available equipment.

scholarly journals Performance of the Semarang Container Terminal

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 2164-2167
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Major Function ◽  
Terminal Performance ◽  
Loading And Unloading

The number of container boxes handled at the container terminal dynamically fluctuates as a function of a number of parameters. The most prominent variables influencing are the Economics’ National Program, the location and trading characteristics of the terminal, and the land use programs of hinterlands. Further, it is one terminal could serve more than one quay simultaneously. This research was conducted in order to determine the optimal performance of container terminals, along with the utilities to the increase in container terminal services Semarang. The results are expected to reveal the existing problems related to the services of a container terminal, especially regarding the following matters: review and develop performance indicators container terminals that is optimized especially for Semarang container terminal (TPKS), knowing the performance level of the container terminal at TPKS utility, and knowing the number of containers optimal service units, ranging from dock to yard container based on the rate of arrival of containers in TPKS. The research methodology used in this study is as follows: conducting a literature study/library, in order to obtain an overview of problems faced by the Semarang container terminal (TPKS), data collection related to the performance of container terminal, processing and analyzing research data to obtain a technical description of the various parameters needed in evaluating the Container Terminal Performance Indicators, Optimal Value of the service unit loading and unloading containers, ships and goods flow forecasting, producing Container Terminal Performance Indicators, formulate conclusions and recommendations from the results obtained in the performance evaluation process and service optimization Container Terminal loading and unloading of containers. The container terminal performance is an important indicator to evaluate the operational continuity and smoothness, in fulfilling its major function in serving the transportation mechanism of goods. One method to evaluate the container terminal performance is to observe the service level and utility of this terminal. From the evaluation’s results, a program to improve and to enhance the service levels for the future could be designed. The methodological approach accessed in this research work includes BOR (Berth Occupancy Ratio) data collecting, data processing and analysis using multiple methods, and producing a conclusion. The results are also to typical research topics. The study yielded in a BOR for the period till 2015 based on a BOR mooring of 34 - 45 percent. The benefits of this research can be used to improve container terminal performance.

SIMULATION, ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF CONTAINER TERMINALS PROCESSES

2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 1240006 ◽  
Author(s):  
AGOSTINO BRUZZONE ◽  
FRANCESCO LONGO ◽  
LETIZIA NICOLETTI ◽  
ELEONORA BOTTANI ◽  
ROBERTO MONTANARI
Keyword(s):  
Design Of Experiments ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Arrival Times ◽  
Port Area ◽  
Freight Logistics

The freight logistics includes all the processes needed to supply industry, retailers and wholesalers and final customers with goods. Such processes generate a flow of goods that, in the global supply chain, mainly relies on the activities carried out within worldwide container terminals. In this paper, the authors present a simulation model of a real container terminal. After some preliminary analyses, the simulation model is first used with Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance to investigate the effects of different resources allocations (i.e., number of forklifts and tractors) and some parameters (i.e., inter-arrival times, container unloading time) on the container terminal performances in terms of total number of handled containers per day. Then, based on the results achieved through the Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance, the simulation model is used with genetic algorithms to carry out a range allocation optimization on berth assignment to incoming ships and number of tractors serving each quay crane. The aim of the optimization is the minimization of the average time spent by each ship in the port area (decreasing, as consequence, costs and increasing service level provided to final customers).

scholarly journals Simulation model as a tool for handling equipment operation diagnostics

2021 ◽  
Vol 2131 (3) ◽  
pp. 032062
Author(s):  
Yu Ezhov ◽  
I Zub ◽  
A Zhuravlev
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Petri Nets ◽  
Petri Net ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Conflict Situation ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Equipment Operation ◽  
Logical Connection ◽  
Operation Techniques ◽  
Handling Technique

Abstract Efficiency of handling equipment reduces the service time of vehicles arriving at the container terminal. A simulation model of the operation of handling equipment allows reducing the time for diagnosis handling technique with its failure. The model constructed by means of apparatus of Petri Nets the formalism of Petri Nets provides the precision of definitions and reflects the structural and logical connection of the simulated events. The visualization and simplicity of Petri Nets allows the technician has no special training to use these models. This paper examines the reach stacker model, these types of machines that used in container terminals. A Petri Net simulating the operation of the reach stacker – hierarchical, has a built-in network positions. Hierarchy of networks identified position to ensure secure operation techniques, conflict situation, and analyzed solutions. Position having the chips are nodes, which can cause failures.

scholarly journals Improving the Performance of Dry and Maritime Ports by Increasing Knowledge about the Most Relevant Functionalities of the Terminal Operating System (TOS)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Hervás-Peralta ◽  
Sara Poveda-Reyes ◽  
Gemma Molero ◽  
Francisco Santarremigia ◽  
Juan-Pascual Pastor-Ferrando
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Maritime Operations ◽  
Port Congestion ◽  
Dry Ports

Maritime transport in the European Union has increased in the last years, triggering congestion in many of the most important sea and river ports. A lot of works have highlighted how the connection between these ports and dry ports can contribute to reducing port congestion and emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs). This work aims to improve the knowledge about the functionalities of Terminal Operating Systems (TOSs) managing container terminals of sea, river, and dry ports, with the aim of improving their performance and contributing to reducing congestion and GHG emissions to achieve a higher sustainability. The contribution and novelty of this paper in the field of container-terminals logistics research is the use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to identify and hierarchize TOS functionalities. The robustness of the model was checked by applying a sensitivity analysis. One hundred and seven functionalities were grouped into six main clusters: Warehouse, Maritime Operations, Gate, Master Data, Communications, and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Dashboard. The results show that time tracking of vessels, space optimization, development of loading and unloading lists, and optimization of container locations are the most important functionalities of a TOS. This work is addressed to developers, sellers, managers, and users of TOSs and researchers working on container-terminal performance.

Transshipment Modeling and Simulation of Container Port Terminals

2013 ◽  
Vol 837 ◽  
pp. 786-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugen Roşca ◽  
Şerban Raicu ◽  
Mircea Augustin Roşca ◽  
Ştefan Burciu
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Full Capacity ◽  
Future Events ◽  
Maritime Container Terminal ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Different Characteristics

The growth of containerization and transporting goods in containers has generated capacity and equipment allocation problems in maritime ports. Container terminals represent complex systems with dynamic interactions between the various handling, transportation and storage units, and uncertainties about future events. Maritime container terminal operates at full capacity if the arrival of vessels to berth is uniform according to its capacity and equipment operating at constant parameters. Since there are random factors both on the arrival of ships and on the operation of equipments, the paper analyzes the influence of these factors on the terminal capacity. Therefore, we proposed a generic simulation model structure for the comparative assessment of the measures of performance of maritime terminal in ideal conditions (without perturbations in the terminal operation) and in different statistical assumptions of vessels inflows to berth and number of containers to unload per vessel. Based on event driven and virtual reality technology, the handling technology simulation model is developed using ARENA simulation software. The model is set-up by combining three basic functions: transport, transfer, and stacking. The transport activity is assumed by the flows of the container vessels and trucks. Different characteristics of the arrival flows are assumed (intervals between transport units, number of containers to unload). Quay cranes provide the container transfer. The stacking areas consist in one capacity area on the quay for the quick transfer on trucks. The simulation results lead to the conclusion that it can be achieved berth high occupancy and minimization of vessels waiting time at the port if the vessels inflows follow a distribution with small variance around the ideal value.

Establishment of Low-Carbon Evaluation Index System for Container Terminals

2013 ◽  
Vol 869-870 ◽  
pp. 971-975
Author(s):  
Zi Jian Guo ◽  
Xu Hui Yu ◽  
Wen Yuan Wang ◽  
Xiang Qun Song
Keyword(s):  
Index System ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
Low Carbon

A low-carbon evaluation index system for container terminals is proposed on the basis of their characteristics and the concept of low-carbon port. This system takes quantitative indexes as the core, supplemented by qualitative ones. The weight of each index is determined by AHP, and then a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model is established according to the AHP-fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method. Finally, the proposed model is applied to a certain region of a container terminal, and the result indicates that the proposed evaluation index system and evaluation model can provide a reference for the low-carbon level evaluation of container terminals.

scholarly journals Management of cargo flow processes at a maritime terminal container with the use of information systems of the TOS type

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 487-492
Author(s):  
Daria Kubowicz
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Gantry Crane ◽  
Automated Guided Vehicle ◽  
Flow Processes ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Maritime Container Terminal

The article explains and discusses the logistic processes occuring inside a maritime container terminal. The processes relate to import as well as export of the goods. A brief characteristisc of the handling equipment, such as: Automated Guided Vehicle, Rail Mounted Gantry Crane, Rubber Tyred Gantry Crane and Ship-to-shore crane has been carried out. During the internal transportation of the containers within the terminal, all the procedures must integrate together. Due to large number of processes taking place in terminals, they base on operating systems such as: Terminal Operating Systems. The characteristics of TOS operating in polish container terminals has been performed. The TOS are IT tools facilitating management of the terminal and leading to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. The purpose of the article is to highlight advantages and benefits of using systems such as TOS..

scholarly journals Optimization of the terminal operating mode during the formation of a container block train

2021 ◽  
Vol 264 ◽  
pp. 05025
Author(s):  
Marufdjan Rasulov ◽  
Masud Masharipov ◽  
Azizbek Ismatullaev
Keyword(s):  
Container Terminal ◽  
Operating Mode ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Gantry Crane ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Container Shipping ◽  
Technological Parameters ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Loading And Unloading

Currently, container shipping plays an important role in international logistics. Terminals handle containers between different modes of transport and are a key element in supply chains. The quality of transport services, in general, depends on the technical and technological parameters of container terminals. At the same time, the task is to optimize the operating mode of the container terminal to reduce logistics costs. This article presents the results of a study of the traffic flows of terminals adjacent to the Tashkent regional railway junction stations, obtained based on timing observations on the unloading of containers arriving at the terminal by road for shipment by container trains. Based on these observations, the regularities of the distribution of the probabilities of the arrival of containers at the terminal and the time of servicing vehicles by a gantry crane were established. With the help of the established patterns, the main indicators were selected that characterize the quality of the container terminal functioning. A mathematical model has been developed and an algorithm for finding the optimal operating mode of a container terminal when forming a container block train. As the results of calculations have shown, the volume of logistics costs for the operation of a container terminal depends on the type and quantity of used handling equipment and the number of supply of fitting wagons to loading and unloading routes.

scholarly journals The evaluation of the attractiveness of marine container terminal sector: analysing the polish sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 01018
Author(s):  
Robert Marek
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Marine Container Terminals ◽  
Marine Container Terminal

The importance of attractiveness of the marine container terminal operators have significantly increased in the recent years due to them influence on the worldwide economy. This article aim is to evaluate the attractiveness of marine container terminals by using a qualitative analysis. The main point is to define the attractiveness of the Marine Container Terminal Operators (MCTOs) located in Poland. The qualitative analysis has provided arguments to conclude that marine container market in Poland currently is attractive from the point of existing MCTOs in this sector. The developed model helps to estimate the attractiveness of the marine container terminal market (MCTM) in Poland.

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