There is an everlasting distance and interdependence between mines and end-users as it
involves different types of equipment, infrastructure, and facilities, including excavators …

Few topics have generated more discourse in recent years than big data analytics. Given
their knowledge of analytical and mathematical methods, operations research (OR) scholars …

Supply chain management has become more important as an academic topic due to trends
in globalization leading to massive reallocation of production related advantages. Because …

Carbon emissions are an increasingly important consideration in sustainable environmental
development. In the green building industry, green construction cost controls and low …

The integration of planning and scheduling decisions is of critical importance to guarantee
an efficient operation and use of port terminal facilities. Our analysis takes into account a …

Abstract The Hunter Valley coal export supply chain in New South Wales, Australia, is of
great importance to the Australian economy. Effectively managing its logistics, however, is …

To facilitate transportation, some mines construct specialized ore terminals for outbound
shipments. However, these terminals frequently encounter challenges when synchronizing …

This work describes a genetic algorithm based approach for the optimization of the Hunter
Valley coal export system in Newcastle, Australia. The Port of Newcastle features three coal …

Port terminals processing large cargo vessels play an important role in bulk material supply
chains. This paper addresses the question of how to allocate vessels to a location on a berth …

Currently, there is a tendency towards an increase in world trade volumes and, accordingly,
an increase in the volume of grain cargo transportation. The amount of international grain …