Container handling problems at the container terminals are NP-hard problems. In this paper, we propose a new handling operation’s design and simulation of empty containers, taking into account the interrelated activities at the container terminal. This simulation have been built using a doubled trailer. It moves containers from quayside to yard side or the opposite depending on the flow in cont...

This section contains an overview of the different functional areas of a marine container terminal and a summary of the main types of container handling systems. The main advantages and disadvantages of each type of handling system are also summarized without focusing on technical details. 2.1 Functional Areas of Terminal Operations As every other terminal, a container terminal is a complex sys...

One of the foremost planning problems in container transshipment operation concerns the allocation of home berth (preferred berthing location) to a set of vessels scheduled to call at the terminal on a weekly basis. The home berth location is subsequently used as a key input to yard storage, personnel, and equipment deployment planning. For instance, the yard planners use the home berth templat...

Many container terminals all over the world strive to be mega-hub port through improving efficiency of terminal operation with high technology. Not only operating equipments in container terminal, but also container terminal gates are introducing state-of-the-art technologies in order to develop an effective gate system. This study focuses on an automation of identification task at gate. We dev...

The growths of containerization and transporting goods in containers have created many problems for ports, especially with the development of operation equipments produced by port machine manufacturer. A simulation study was proposed to a new container terminal handling technology, which is comprised of twin 40-foot quay cranes, a low bridge allocation system and twin 40-foot rail mounted gantr...

we consider the problem of continuous dynamic berth allocation to containerships in a tidal seaport. in some container ports, low water depth in coastal area causes many restrictions on providing vessel's services. therefore, berth allocation planning for relatively large vessels with high draft is subject to tidal conditions when the vessels are in the access channel as from anchorage are...

A container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles. We focus our attention on the transshipment between vessels and land vehicles, in which case the terminal is described as a maritime container terminal. In these container terminals, many combinatorial related problems appear and the solution of one of the problems may affect to the ...

This paper presents a genetic algorithm (GA)-based optimisation approach to improve container handling operations at the Patrick AutoStrad container terminal located in Brisbane Australia. In this paper we focus on scheduling for container transfers and encode the problem using a two-part chromosome approach which is then solved using a modified genetic algorithm. In simulation experiments, the...