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

Marine container terminals play a significant role for international trade networks and global
market. To cope with the rapid and steady growth of the seaborne trade market, marine …

Improving container ports' operational efficiency to reduce the delays at ports concerns
global port operators significantly. Optimizing the tactical level allocation of quay side and …

In recent years, the demand for dry bulk cargo trade has increased, and the scheduling
pressure on bulk cargo ports is increasing daily. The most effective and cost-effective way to …

The limited availability of berths and channels is generally the bottleneck restricting the
capacity of a seaport and thus resulting in traffic congestion. Optimizing the operations of the …

Green ship** and efficient information sharing deepen the collaboration between ship**
companies and ports, enabling vessel speed optimization (VSO) to be integrated with the …

This paper investigates a novel extension of the berth allocation problem (BAP), which
mainly determines berths and times for arriving vessels. Most previous studies on the BAP …

The airport gate assignment problem is the main problem in airport operation management.
Most existing studies on the airport gate assignment problem focus more on the …

Due to the development of ship sizes and the traffic increase in port, ships having long
turnaround time in port often result in port congestion, which seriously affects the efficiency …

The scheduling of barge transportation in narrow channels is critical to transportation
efficiency, especially when the tide exists and affects the channel navigation of barges …