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 …

Problems of loading, unloading and premarshalling of stacks as well as combinations
thereof appear in several practical applications, eg container terminals, container ship …

Due to numerous uncertainties such as bad weather conditions, frequent changes in the
schedules of vessels, breakdowns of equipment, port managers are aiming at providing …

To improve the operational efficiency of container terminals, it is important to consider the
coordination of different types of container-handling equipment, which typically include …

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 …

Sustainability agendas are challenging port authorities around the world to find ways of
operating and managing their ports efficiently and effectively in terms of economic, social, as …

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 …

Effectively scheduling vehicles and allocating storage locations for containers are two
important problems in container terminal operations. Early research efforts, however, are …

Due to the stringent timeliness requirements of temperature-controlled cargoes and
distinctive storage operations of refrigerated container (RC), it is imperative to optimize the …

Commonly in container terminals, the containers are stored in yards on top of each other
using yard cranes. The split-platform storage/retrieval system (SP-AS/RS) has been invented …