Container transportation is the predominant mode of inter-continental cargo traffic. Since container ships and port terminals involve a huge capital investment and significant daily operating costs, it is of crucial importance to efficiently utilize the internal resources of container terminals and transportation systems. Today there is an ongoing trend to use automated container handling and transportation technology, in particular, in countries with high labour costs. This in turn requires highly sophisticated control strategies in order to meet the desired performance measures. The primary objective of this book is to reflect these recent developments and to present new insights and successful solutions to operational problems of automated container terminals and transportation systems. It comprises reports on the state of the art, applications of quantitative methods, as well as case studies and simulation results. Its contributions are written by leading experts from academia and business. The book addresses practitioners as well as academic researchers in logistics, transportation, and management.
Author(s): Hans-Otto Gunther, Kap Hwan Kim
Edition: 1
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 374
Table of Contents......Page 13
Logistics control issues of container terminals and automated transportation systems......Page 5
Container Terminals......Page 15
Container terminal operation and operations research – a classification and literature review......Page 16
Comparison of vehicle types at an automated container terminal......Page 63
Simulation-based performance evaluation of transport vehicles at automated container terminals......Page 90
Generating scenarios for simulation and optimization of container terminal logistics......Page 112
Fleet sizing and vehicle routing for container transportation in a static environment......Page 134
The berth allocation problem: models and solution methods......Page 151
A scheduling method for berth and quay cranes......Page 169
A beam search algorithm for the load sequencing of outbound containers in port container terminals......Page 192
A general framework for scheduling equipment and manpower at container terminals......Page 216
Dispatching multi-load AGVs in highly automated seaport container terminals......Page 240
Transportation Systems......Page 265
Scheduling vehicles in automated transportation systems – Algorithms and case study......Page 266
Modeling of capacitated transportation systems for integral scheduling......Page 294
Modeling and optimization of the intermodal terminal Mega Hub......Page 314
A dispatching method for automated guided vehicles by using a bidding concept......Page 331
Scheduling railway traffic at a construction site......Page 351
Container Loading......Page 363
A bottleneck assignment approach to the multiple container loading problem......Page 364
