scholarly journals PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND PRODUCTIVITY SIMULATION TOOL FOR MARITIME CONTAINER TERMINALS

Transport ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojan Beškovnik ◽  
Elen Twrdy
Keyword(s):  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Simulation Tool ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Adequate Model ◽  
Maritime Container Terminal

The article describes a proposed planning organization and productivity simulation tool, with a special emphasis on orientations to the optimization of operations in a maritime container terminal. With the application of an adequate model frame for traffic and technical‐technologic forecasting, infrastructure and manpower planning and productivity simulation are possible to measure and increase the productivity in the whole subsystem of the maritime container terminal. The emphasis is mainly put on setting up planning organization in order to collect important information and consequently to raise productivity. This is the main task and goal of terminal management that must develop elements and strategies for optimal operational and financial production. An adequate planning structure must use simplified but efficient simulation tools enabling owners and management to take a vast number of adequate financial and operational decisions. Considering all important and very dynamic facts in container and shipping industry, the proposed simulation tool gives a helpful instrument for checking productivity and its time variation and monitoring a competitive position of a certain maritime terminal with the terminals from the same group. Therefore, the management of every maritime container terminal must establish an appropriate internal planning system as a mechanism for strategic decision support relating basically to the assessment of the best development and optimization solutions for the infrastructure and suprastructure of the entire system.

scholarly journals Simulation Analysis on Dangerous Goods Accident in Container Terminals

2020 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 03004
Author(s):  
Qiao Jianzhe ◽  
Shou Youping ◽  
Zhao Junjie
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Dangerous Goods ◽  
Calculation Results

In general, transportation of Dangerous Goods in the port and shipping industry is mainly based on the container. This paper summarized the types of container terminal accidents, and put forward a method to select source of pollutants, and showed pollution range of typical accidents, provided the basis for the decision of management department. Taking a domestic container terminal as an example, the calculation results show that, under the premise of taking corresponding measures, the pollution range of accidents is not wide, and the risk is controllable.

scholarly journals Maritime container terminal service quality in the face of COVID-19 outbreak

Pomorstvo ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Author(s):  
Jędrzej Charłampowicz
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Global Trade ◽  
Significant Drop ◽  
The Face ◽  
Maritime Container Terminal ◽  
Key Aspects

The COVID-19 pandemic had a serious impact on global trade in 2020. The interruption of the supply chains due to various restrictions influenced the rapid drop in the transport demand. In the last decade, the global containerized trade has noted the growth of approximately 55,5%, with an average pace of growth of about 5% yearly. Container shipping, as one of the industries vulnerable to economic shocks, has noted a significant drop in trade. The role of maritime container terminals as an integrator and facilitator of global trade in the global supply chains is undisputed. Therefore, the role of services provided by the maritime container terminals has grown in importance. This situation generates the necessity to adapt to these circumstances in a way that expresses the need of improving the service quality, as one of the key aspects of competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to determine the possibility to verify the relation between COVID-19 impacts on maritime container transport and maritime container terminal service quality. Based on the findings the suggested actions for service quality improvement are proposed.

scholarly journals Digital maritime container terminal - an element of digitalization of container transportation systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 05004
Author(s):  
Elena Koroleva ◽  
Sergey Sokolov ◽  
Irina Makashina ◽  
Evgeniya Filatova
Keyword(s):  
Container Terminal ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Throughput Capacity ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Storage Space ◽  
Container Transportation ◽  
Maritime Container Terminal ◽  
Large Container

Sea container terminals are an important infrastructure element in the global supply chain. An increase in the number and size of container ships, as well as an increase in container traffic, led to the expansion of sea container terminals and an increase in their capacity. Extra-large container vessels require more handling equipment, as well as more storage space for containers, and increased throughput capacity for supporting infrastructures. To solve these complex problems in a global competition, the search for integrated effective solutions is required. The article proposes a solution to the integrated digitalization of the sea container terminal.

scholarly journals A Review of Game Theory Applications for Seaport Cooperation and Competition

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Karlis Pujats ◽  
Mihalis Golias ◽  
Dinçer Konur
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Reference Guide ◽  
Cooperation And Competition ◽  
Maritime Shipping ◽  
Operational Plan ◽  
Work Done

In the ever-changing maritime shipping industry, ports, and more specifically, container terminals, are always on the search for better policy and operational plan developments. As the maritime shipping sector changes, new areas of research emerge. In this paper, we present a review of recent game theory applications for seaport cooperation and competition, accompanied by summary review tables stating the study, the modeling technique used, the methodology and objective, and summary of the results of each study. In total, we have reviewed 33 studies that used game theory models that investigated seaport and container terminal competition and cooperation involving various stakeholders with dating publication years from 2008 to 2019. The paper concludes with a discussion and proposed future research directions. The purpose of the paper is to serve as a reference guide to recent game theory applications on seaport cooperation and competition that would allow a quick understanding of work done in the field.

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.

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 Spatial Evolution of the European Container Ports’ System in Perspective of the Location Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 01016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina A. Krośnicka
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Model ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Location Theory ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Spatial Evolution ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Transportation Corridors ◽  
Container Ports ◽  
Maritime Container Terminal ◽  
Dendritic Shape

The maritime container terminal is no longer a spatially coherent object. Functionally it ends, where their most external components are located. The process of location splitting of container terminals (ger. Standortspaltung) can be treated as next stage of their discrete growth. The new container facilities are being built to improve the containers’ flow, passing from port terminals to cities situated in their hinterland and vice versa. The external components of container terminals have a very diverse program, are functionally complex, and due to advanced technologies of information and logistics they are interconnected into one system. The structure of the functional bindings of a maritime container terminal could be compared to the dendritic shape of a neuron, the kernel of which is a terminal, and the arms are transportation corridors ended with distant land intermodal terminals. The physical feature of this system is the logistics landscape with vast areas and large cubature. The aim of the paper is to present the graphical model explaining the changes in distribution and hierarchy of container terminals’ external elements in relation to the network of cities and transportation.

scholarly journals Migrating Birds Optimization for the Seaside Problems at Maritime Container Terminals

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz ◽  
Christopher Expósito-Izquierdo ◽  
Jesica de Armas ◽  
Belén Melián-Batista ◽  
J. Marcos Moreno-Vega
Keyword(s):  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Berth Allocation Problem ◽  
Crane Scheduling ◽  
Migrating Birds Optimization ◽  
Nature Inspired Algorithm ◽  
Problem Instances ◽  
Maritime Container Terminal ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Migrating Birds

Sea freight transportation involves moving huge amounts of freights among maritime locations widely spaced by means of container vessels. The time required to serve container vessels is the most relevant indicator when assessing the competitiveness of a maritime container terminal. In this paper, two main logistic problems stemming from the transshipment of containers in the seaside of a maritime container terminal are addressed, namely, the Berth Allocation Problem aimed at allocating and scheduling incoming vessels into berthing positions along the quay and the Quay Crane Scheduling Problem, whose objective is to schedule the loading and unloading tasks associated with a container vessel. For solving them, two Migrating Birds Optimization (MBO) approaches are proposed. The MBO is a recently proposed nature-inspired algorithm based on theV-formation flight of migrating birds. In this algorithm, a set of solutions of the problem at hand, called birds, cooperate among themselves during the search process by sharing information within aV-line formation. The computational experiments performed over well-known problem instances reported in the literature show that the performance of our proposed MBO approaches is highly competitive and presents a better performance in terms of running time than the best approximate approach proposed in the literature.

Container port throughput analysis and active management using control theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 147509022110208
Author(s):  
Cuong Truong Ngoc ◽  
Xiao Xu ◽  
Hwan-Seong Kim ◽  
Duy Anh Nguyen ◽  
Sam-Sang You
Keyword(s):  
Control Theory ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Maritime Transportation ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Active Management ◽  
Dynamical Analysis ◽  
Series Data

This paper deals with three-dimensional (3D) model of competitive Lotka-Volterra equation to investigate nonlinear dynamics and control strategy of container terminal throughput and capacity. Dynamical behaviors are intensely explored by using eigenvalue evaluation, bifurcation analysis, and time-series data. The dynamical analysis is to show the stability with bifurcation of the competition and collaboration of multiple container terminals in the maritime transportation. Based on the chaotic analysis, the sliding mode control theory has been utilized for optimization of port operations under disruptions. Extensive numerical simulations have been conducted to validate the efficacy and reliability of the presented control algorithms. Particularly, the closed-loop system has been assessed through chaotic suppression and synchronization strategies for port management. Finally, the presented fundamental techniques can be utilized to provide managerial insights and solutions on efficient seaport operations that allow more timely and cost-effective decision making for port authorities in such a highly competitive environment.

scholarly journals Evaluation of CO2 emissions and energy use with different container terminal layouts

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arif Budiyanto ◽  
Muhammad Hanzalah Huzaifi ◽  
Simon Juanda Sirait ◽  
Putu Hangga Nan Prayoga
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Future Planning ◽  
Container Handling

AbstractSustainable development of container terminals is based on energy efficiency and reduction in CO2 emissions. This study estimated the energy consumption and CO2 emissions in container terminals according to their layouts. Energy consumption was calculated based on utility data as well as fuel and electricity consumptions for each container-handling equipment in the container terminal. CO2 emissions were estimated using movement modality based on the number of movements of and distance travelled by each container-handling equipment. A case study involving two types of container terminal layouts i.e. parallel and perpendicular layouts, was conducted. The contributions of each container-handling equipment to the energy consumption and CO2 emissions were estimated and evaluated using statistical analysis. The results of the case study indicated that on the CO2 emissions in parallel and perpendicular layouts were relatively similar (within the range of 16–19 kg/TEUs). These results indicate that both parallel and perpendicular layouts are suitable for future ports based on sustainable development. The results can also be used for future planning of operating patterns and layout selection in container terminals.

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