This paper presents a description of new global monitoring system for containers, with its layer-modular structure, as a solution for enhance security and efficiency of container transport with particular emphasis on the practical implementation of that system for maritime container terminals. Especially the Smart Container Module (SCM) architecture and its operation as a part of the Self-Organ...

Container terminals play a critical role in international shipping and are under pressure to cope with increasing container traffic. The problem of managing container terminals effectively has a number of characteristics that suggest the use of agent technology would be beneficial. This paper describes a joint industry-university project which has explored the applicability of agent technology ...

A freight company in Singapore has developed and implemented the world’s first semi-automated camera-based remote control crane system to pick-up and land freight containers. A centralised computer commands the crane to move a container between locations, while the operator performs the skilled task of vertically landing/picking up the container. However, the 2 dimensional (2D) camerabased syst...

In order to go ahead in fierce competition to be a hub port, many major container companies all over the world are making every effort to improve their productivity through high-tech devices and information technology application. In particular, in case of container terminal gate, state-of-the-art technologies such as RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and OCR (Optical Character Reader) are ...

background: sperm preparation is a fundamental step in art and attempt for developing new methods to be continued. objective: to evaluate the efficacy of upstream method for separation of human spermatozoa and its effects on sperm parameters including: motility morphology and concentration. materials and methods: semen samples from 17 men who referred to infertility clinic for evaluating their ...

4314 ISSN: 2278 – 1323 All Rights Reserved © 2015 IJARCET  Abstract— Globalization and expansion in international trade generated more competitive markets for container terminal industry. Increased customer demands have taken substantial effect on the formation of strategies for container terminal operations and in turn became important for performance evaluation of container terminals. This s...

This paper addresses the applications of different techniques for solving container terminals problems. We have built a simulation model that can be used to analyze the performance of container terminal operations. The proposed approach is intended to be applied for a real case study in Alexandria Container Terminal (ACT) at Alexandria port. The implementation of our approach shows that a propo...

In this paper efficient in time methods for support decision-making processes in small container terminal operated by reachstackers are proposed. Two main problems are considered: first, minimization the number of loading/unloading operations between container trains and bays, second, minimization the number of re-handing operations within container bays. in Gliwice, Poland to model the problem...

Since the last two decades, container transportation system has been faced under increasing development. This fact shows the importance of container transportation system as a key role of container terminals to link between sea and land. Therefore, there is a continuous need for the optimal use of equipment and facilities in the ports. Regarding the complex structure of container ports, this pa...

An overview of literature is conducted on research focusing on improving the performance of container terminals. The growth of containerization has led to numerous decision problems for container terminal management to consider in operating their container terminals more efficiently, e.g. where to place a ship along a quay, scheduling the resources to work a ship, etc. The research papers revie...