Abstract Container Terminals (CTs) are continuously presented with highly interrelated,
complex, and uncertain planning tasks. The ever-increasing intensity of operations at CTs in …

The performance of a container terminal is typically evaluated using two main indicators: the
vessel berthing time and the truck turnaround time. These two indicators are significantly …

The post-epidemic era has led to the accumulation of cargo, which has brought greater
pressure to container ports. Since traditional methods cannot simultaneously consider the …

The container terminal is a crucial transshipment node in the sea and land cargo transport
supply chain, and the efficiency of container collection and distribution has always been a …

Motivated by the practical import free-flow program that aims to expedite the container
retrieval process, we conceptualize a new container stacking strategy, termed Smart …

This paper introduces a new scheduling approach that optimizes truck appointments, truck
service order, and container relocations at the yard through a bi-objective IP model with a …

The yard layout significantly influences the performance of automated container terminals
(ACTs), especially those employing a perpendicular stack configuration, where the yard …

Problems of stacking items or goods occur in a plenty of applications, such as container
terminals, warehouses, and steel plants. A lot of research has been done in this area in …

The main objective of the container relocation problem (CRP) is to retrieve all containers
stacked in a container terminal while following the required retrieval sequence and …

The operations of yard cranes, external trucks and internal trucks in a maritime container
terminal have an important impact on the operational efficiency of the terminal. A multi …