Due to the variety of technical equipments and terminal layouts, research has produced a
multitude of optimization models for seaside operations planning in container terminals. To …

In the last four decades the container as an essential part of a unit-load-concept has
achieved undoubted importance in international sea freight transportation. With ever …

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

The current decade sees a considerable growth in worldwide container transportation and
with it an indispensable need for optimization. Also the interest in and availability of …

At container terminals, containers are transshipped from one mode of transportation to
another. Within a terminal different types of material handling equipment are used to …

The efficiency of the container port industry has been variously studied utilising either Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA) or Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). Given the strengths and …

Publisher Summary Intermodal transportation may be defined as the transportation of a
person or a load from its origin to its destination by a sequence of at least two transportation …

This paper discusses the problem of scheduling quay cranes (QCs), the most important
equipment in port terminals. A mixed-integer programming model, which considers various …

This paper discusses a method for scheduling Berth and Quay cranes, which are critical
resources in port container terminals. An integer programming model is formulated by …

The objective of the berth-scheduling problem is to determine the berthing times and
positions of containerships in port container terminals. Every vessel requires a specific …