Inbound and outbound containers are temporarily stored in the storage yard at container
terminals. A combination of container demand increase and storage yard capacity scarcity …

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 …

As a tactical-level plan, a yard template determines the assignment of spaces in a container
port yard for arriving vessels. This paper investigates the concept of yard congestion …

This paper studies two tactical level decision problems arising in transshipment hubs: berth
template planning that is concerned with allocating berths and quay cranes to arriving …

This study investigates an integrated optimization problem on the three main types of
resources used in container terminals: berths, quay cranes, and yard storage space. It …

Emissions from commercial ship** are currently the subject of intense scrutiny. Among the
top fuel-consuming categories of ships and hence air polluters are container vessels. The …

In the maritime industry, the stakeholders comprising the port authorities, ship**
companies, and port operators often compete and collaborate within an ecological system …

In this research, two crucial optimization problems of berth allocation and yard assignment in
the context of bulk ports are studied. We discuss how these problems are interrelated and …

As the port bottleneck shifts from the shore side to the yard side, yard management is crucial
to the operation efficiency of the container port. This paper studies the yard management …

This paper is about yard management in container ports. As a tactical level decision-making
tool in a port, a yard template determines the assignment of spaces (subblocks) in a yard for …