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 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.

The Evaluation of Competitiveness on Cost Advantage of Regional Hub Port: The Case Study of Trans-Pacific Route Against Kaohsiung Port

2019 ◽  
Vol 161 (A4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Operating Efficiency ◽  
External Threats ◽  
Shipping Cost ◽  
Container Ports ◽  
Terminal Operations ◽  
Trunk Routes ◽  
Port Of Kaohsiung

Numerous conventional container ports in East Asia are evolving from intercontinental into regional hub ports. This study adopted the Port of Kaohsiung as an example of competition with neighboring ports. The results of this study demonstrated that the Port of Kaohsiung is still a competitive docking port on trans-Pacific trunk routes for North America, despite facing external threats (e.g., upsizing of ships, lack of new deep-water terminals, and new strategic alliances affecting terminal operations), overall shipping cost considerations (e.g., container volume, different ship sizes, and port selection), and increasingly intense competition with neighboring ports. Under such circumstances, the Port of Kaohsiung must keep pace with container ship upsizing, sufficiently increase deep-water terminal capacity, and improve its existing container terminals’ operating efficiency to attract route deployment and larger container ships and thereby maintain its current advantages and position as a regional hub port.

THE EVALUATION OF COMPETITIVENESS ON COST ADVANTAGE OF REGIONAL HUB PORT: THE CASE STUDY OF TRANS-PACIFIC ROUTE AGAINST KAOHSIUNG PORT

2021 ◽  
Vol 161 (A4) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Y Tsai ◽  
H H Tai
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
Operating Efficiency ◽  
External Threats ◽  
Shipping Cost ◽  
Container Ports ◽  
Terminal Operations ◽  
Trunk Routes ◽  
Port Of Kaohsiung

Numerous conventional container ports in East Asia are evolving from intercontinental into regional hub ports. This study adopted the Port of Kaohsiung as an example of competition with neighboring ports. The results of this study demonstrated that the Port of Kaohsiung is still a competitive docking port on trans-Pacific trunk routes for North America, despite facing external threats (e.g., upsizing of ships, lack of new deep-water terminals, and new strategic alliances affecting terminal operations), overall shipping cost considerations (e.g., container volume, different ship sizes, and port selection), and increasingly intense competition with neighboring ports. Under such circumstances, the Port of Kaohsiung must keep pace with container ship upsizing, sufficiently increase deep-water terminal capacity, and improve its existing container terminals’ operating efficiency to attract route deployment and larger container ships and thereby maintain its current advantages and position as a regional hub port.

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 Applying ANP in Establishing a Decision-Making Model for the Destination Selection of Large-scale Exhibitions

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Wen-Tsung Wu ◽  
Chie-Bein Chen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Benefit Cost Ratio ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Second Tier ◽  
High Benefit ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
Selection Of

This study investigates the decision-making issues in the selection of destinations for large-scale exhibitions by the cultural and creative industry. We use the Rubber Duck China Tour by the Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman as an example and adopt the analytic network process technique to evaluate destination options for the exhibition, as well as to explore the impacts of the evaluation of destination feasibilities on exhibition investment. The results show that power, a high benefit-cost ratio, first-tier cities, integration with local communities, and a rich and interesting theme are the top five factors that curators should consider when planning exhibitions. Considering the priority among cities of various tiers, first-tier cities are the most favorable, followed by fourth-tier, third-tier, and second-tier cities. The decision-making model provides curators with a reliable reference for selecting destinations for future exhibitions.

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