Berth allocation and quay crane assignment/scheduling problem under uncertainty: A survey

F Rodrigues, A Agra - European Journal of Operational Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Port terminals play a critical role in the context of world trade since they are the main nodes
responsible for connecting sea and land transportation. There are several optimization …

A follow-up survey of berth allocation and quay crane scheduling problems in container terminals

C Bierwirth, F Meisel - European Journal of Operational Research, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper surveys recent publications on berth allocation, quay crane assignment, and
quay crane scheduling problems in seaport container terminals. It continues the survey of …

A Diffused Memetic Optimizer for reactive berth allocation and scheduling at marine container terminals in response to disruptions

MA Dulebenets - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2023 - Elsevier
The economic development of numerous countries is defined by maritime supply chains to a
great extent. Substantial volumes of containerized cargoes delivered by ships are handled …

An exact robust approach for the integrated berth allocation and quay crane scheduling problem under uncertain arrival times

F Rodrigues, A Agra - European Journal of Operational Research, 2021 - Elsevier
We consider an integrated berth allocation and quay crane assignment and scheduling
problem where the arrival times of the vessels may be affected by uncertainty. The problem …

Recoverable robustness in weekly berth and quay crane planning

Ç Iris, JSL Lam - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2019 - Elsevier
The performance of a container terminal heavily relies on how efficiently the quayside
resources, which are mainly berth and quay cranes, are used. The quayside related …

Discretization-strategy-based solution for berth allocation and quay crane assignment problem

M Tang, B Ji, X Fang, SS Yu - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The continuous berth allocation and quay crane assignment problem considers the size of
berths and ships, the number of quay cranes, the dynamic ships and non-crossing …

Integrated proactive and reactive strategies for sustainable berth allocation and quay crane assignment under uncertainty

C Tan, J He - Annals of Operations Research, 2021 - Springer
The berth allocation and quay crane assignment problem (BACAP) is a complex port
operation planning problem susceptible to uncertainties, such as vessel arrival time …

Modeling berth allocation and quay crane assignment considering QC driver cost and operating efficiency

J He, Y Wang, C Tan, H Yu - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to high labour costs and difference of QC driver's handling efficiency existing between
day and night, factors concerning QC drivers can significantly impact the schedule of berth …

Particle swarm optimization algorithm with time buffer insertion for robust berth scheduling

HJ Park, SW Cho, C Lee - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the robust berth allocation problem in container terminals. To handle
the uncertainties in vessel arrivals, the problem is formulated as a scenario-based two-stage …

Berth allocation and quay crane assignment in a container terminal for the trade-off between time-saving and energy-saving

J He - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the problem of integrated berth allocation and quay crane (QC)
assignment for the trade-off between time-saving and energy-saving. This problem is …