The container terminal is a convergence point in the cargo flow, being a focal point for multiple supply chains. The operations performed in a container terminal involve one of the most complex environments within the transport industry. A container terminal plays a critical role in international shipping and is under pressure to cope with increasing container traffic. This paper presents a mul...

In Euclidean d-spaces, the container problem asks to pack n equally sized spheres into a minimal dilate of a fixed container. If the container is a smooth convex body and d ≥ 2 we show that sequences of solutions to the container problem can not have a “simple structure”. By this we in particular find that there exist arbitrary small r > 0 such that packings with spheres of radius r into a smoo...

In an Euclidean d-space, the container problem asks to pack n equally sized spheres into a minimal dilate of a fixed container. If the container is a smooth convex body and d ≥ 2 we show that solutions to the container problem can not have a “simple structure” for large n. By this we in particular find that there exist arbitrary small r > 0, such that packings in a smooth, 3-dimensional convex ...

In this contribution we optimize the transportation of containers in the hinterland of a local area with one terminal and one depot for empty containers and trucks. There are several customers who want to receive goods by inbound containers and several customers who want to ship goods by outbound containers. Additionally, there are empty inbound containers and empty outbound containers. We pres...

The flow field and the motion of the free surface in an oscillating container are simulated numerically to assess the numerical approach for studying two-phase flows under oscillating conditions. Two numerical methods are compared: one is to model the oscillating container directly using the moving grid of the ALE method, and the other is to simulate the effect of container motion using the osc...

We consider the container loading problem that occurs at many furniture factories where product boxes are arranged on product pallets and the product pallets are arranged in a container for shipments. The volume of products in the container should be maximized, and the bottom of each pallet must be fully supported by the container floor or by the top of a single pallet to simplify the unloading...

This paper presents a game theoretic model that analyzes resource allocation strategies against an adaptive adversary to secure cargo container transportation. The defender allocates security resources that could interdict an unauthorized weapon insertion inside a container. The attacker observes the defender’s security strategy and chooses a site to insert the weapon. The attacker’s goal is to...

This paper presents a Heuristic Genetic Algorithm (HGA) for optimizing three dimensional (3D) arbitrary sized heterogeneous boxes into a container, by considering practical constraints facing in the shipment container loading industries. Objective of this research is to pack heterogeneous boxes of varying length, width and height into a container of standard dimension, without violating major p...

Container terminals play an important role in global cargo transportation and they have become an essential intermodal interface between the sea and the land. In the container terminal, the service area is often arranged into rectangular blocks, which leads to a mesh-like path topology. We present a mathematical model for general container routing in mesh yard layouts. Based on this model, a si...

In recent years, three types of linacs have been developed for large container inspection for customs application, viz., S-Band 9MeV travelling-wave (TW) linacs, S-Band 6MeV Standing-wave (SW) linacs and XBand 2.5MeV (SW) linacs. In cooperation with Tsinghua Tongfang Co. Ltd, a series of container inspection systems has been produced. Seven sets of large container inspection systems with 9MeV T...