Internal transport operations connect the seaside, yard side, and landside processes at
container terminals. This paper presents an in-depth overview of transport operations and …

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 …

The simulation modelling of shore-and sea-side port operations constitutes a fundamental
prerequisite for effective project planning in port development, as the influence of numerous …

Modern ports face significant challenges as strategic nodes of global supply chains, being
responsible for the coordination of inbound and outbound flows at deep-sea and in …

As more and more container terminals open up all over the world, terminal operators are
discovering that they must increase quay crane work rates in order to remain competitive. In …

This paper addresses the joint vehicle dispatching and storage allocation problem in
automated container terminals (ACTs). Two types of popular vehicles used in ACTs are …

Block widths ranging from two to fifteen rows in a marine container terminal are evaluated by
a fully-integrated, discrete event simulation model. Experiments consider dozens of yard …

Container on Barge (COB) facilitates intermodal transportation by transporting ship**
containers on barge tows. COB has seen rapid expansion globally over the past 20 years …

Since the global economic and financial crisis, the world of international container transport
has changed considerably over the years and with it the conditions for the development and …

This paper presents the results of nine independent studies that link a seaport container
terminal's long-run average quay crane rate to various strategic and tactical decisions made …