Inbound and outbound containers are temporarily stored in the storage yard at container
terminals. A combination of container demand increase and storage yard capacity scarcity …

Owing to a rapid growth in world trade and a large increase in the flow of containerized
goods, sea container terminals play a vital role in globe-spanning supply chains. Container …

The efficiency of automated container terminals primarily depends on the synchronization of
automated-guided vehicles (AGVs) and automated cranes. Accordingly, we study the …

Container terminals mainly include three types of handling equipment, ie, quay cranes
(QCs), internal trucks (ITs) and yard cranes (YCs). Due to high cost of the handling …

The literature on container port efficiency has typically centered on ports in advanced
markets or comparisons within regions. This study compares the efficiency of port operations …

To improve the operational efficiency of container terminals, it is important to consider the
coordination of different types of container-handling equipment, which typically include …

Nowadays, many industries rely on cranes for efficiently executing storage and retrieval
operations of goods. Areas of application are, for instance, container logistics in seaports …

Green transportation has recently been the focus of the transportation industry to sustain the
development of global economy. Container terminals are key nodes in the global …

This paper studies the effect of a handshake area on the performance of twin automated
stacking cranes (ASCs) operating on top of a stack with transfer zones at both seaside and …

As a key development direction of future ports, automated container terminals will play a
crucial part in the development of multimodal transportation. Based on the newly constructed …