Over the past decades, container transportation has achieved considerable growth, and
maritime trade now constitutes 80% of the global trade. The vessel sizes increased in …

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 container pre-marshalling problem (CPMP) is concerned with the re-ordering of
containers in container terminals during off-peak times so that containers can be quickly …

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 …

The container relocation problem, also known as the block (s) relocation problem, is one of
the most studied optimization problems in container terminals. The problem aims at …

Effective scheduling in flexible job-shop environments is crucial for improving production
efficiency, reducing costs, and minimizing energy consumption. Quantum particle swarm …

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

The pre-marshalling problem has been extensively studied in recent years with the aim of
minimizing the number of movements needed to rearrange a bay of containers. Time is a …

The enormous amount of containers handled at ports hampers the efficiency of terminal
operations. The optimization of crane movements is crucial for speeding up the loading and …