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 …

This paper is concerned with yard management in transshipment hubs, where a
consignment strategy is often used to reduce reshuffling and vessel turnaround time. This …

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 …

This study investigates a problem regarding simultaneous allocations of berths, quay
cranes, and yards in transshipment hubs. Transshipment and import/export activities …

This paper presents an integer programming model for the terminal and yard allocation
problem in a large container transshipment hub with multiple terminals. The model …

In container terminals, operators normally form an initial plan for berth allocation before the
arrival of incoming vessels. However, during the real operations, unforeseen incidents (eg …

In this work, a joint planning problem for berth and yard allocation in transshipment terminals
is addressed. Multi-cluster stacking strategy is proposed to split each transshipment flow into …

Quay-side berthing congestion is an emerging challenging issue that arises in busy
container transshipment terminals and calls for effective management of terminal operations …

This paper studies a yard storage allocation problem in a transshipment hub where there is
a great number of loading and unloading activities. The primary challenge is to efficiently …

This paper studies a storage yard management problem in a transshipment hub where the
loading and unloading activities are both heavy and concentrated. In order to reduce the …