This thesis deals with models and methods for large scale optimization problems; in particular, we focus on decision problems arising in the context of seaport container terminals for the efficient management of terminal operations. Large-scale optimization problems are both difficult to handle and important in many concrete contexts. They usually originate from real world applications, such as...

This study discusses the development of tactical-level integrated planning at seaport container terminals in an uncertain environment.

Over the past two decades, maritime transportation and container traffic worldwide has experienced rapid and continuous growth. With the increase in maritime transportation volume, the issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission has become one of the new concerns for port managers. Port managers and government agencies for sustainable development of maritime transportation considered "green ports" t...

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 can be combined and solved as a single large scale optimization problem. More importantly we emphasize the differences in operations between bulk ports and container terminals which emphasizes the need to devise ...

this comprehensive work explores the research performed inoptimization of the collection bin and in recycle bin location-allocation issues in solidwaste management. although the collection phase of solid waste management accountsfor a significant proportion of the municipal budget, it has attracted only limitedattention of the researchers. optimization of the collection bin and recycle bin loca...

The Service Allocation Problem (SAP) is a tactical problem arising in the yard management of a container transshipment terminal. The objective is the minimization of the container rehandling operations inside the yard. This study of the SAP was undertaken for the Gioia Tauro port which is located in Italy and is the main hub terminal for container traffic in the Mediterranean Sea. The SAP can b...

The management of a container terminal is a complex process that involves a vast number of decisions. The berth is the most important resource that affects the capacity of the terminal. The problem is here to allocate berths to arriving vessels and to determine which cranes in the berths process the docked vessels. For creating the berth schedule, the calling schedule of vessels, favourable ber...

In this study, we deal with a real-world problem on oil & gas upstream logistics, comprehending the transport of goods from ports to maritime units, through vessels called Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs). We present an integrated methodology define routes these and port schedules in three-phase framework. first phase, decompose using clustering heuristic then solve periodic supply vessel routing...