A survey of berth allocation and quay crane scheduling problems in container terminals

C Bierwirth, F Meisel - European Journal of Operational Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Due to the variety of technical equipments and terminal layouts, research has produced a
multitude of optimization models for seaside operations planning in container terminals. To …

Seaside operations in container terminals: literature overview, trends, and research directions

HJ Carlo, IFA Vis, KJ Roodbergen - Flexible Services and Manufacturing …, 2015 - Springer
Seaside operations are considered the bottleneck operation in most container terminals
around the world. This paper presents an in-depth updated overview of the seaside …

Yard crane and AGV scheduling in automated container terminal: A multi-robot task allocation framework

X Chen, S He, Y Zhang, LC Tong, P Shang… - … Research Part C …, 2020 - Elsevier
The efficiency of automated container terminals primarily depends on the synchronization of
automated-guided vehicles (AGVs) and automated cranes. Accordingly, we study the …

Integrated internal truck, yard crane and quay crane scheduling in a container terminal considering energy consumption

J He, Y Huang, W Yan, S Wang - Expert Systems with Applications, 2015 - Elsevier
Container terminals mainly include three types of handling equipment, ie, quay cranes
(QCs), internal trucks (ITs) and yard cranes (YCs). Due to high cost of the handling …

Sea container terminals: New technologies and OR models

AH Gharehgozli, D Roy, R De Koster - Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2016 - Springer
Owing to a rapid growth in world trade and a large increase in the flow of containerized
goods, sea container terminals play a vital role in globe-spanning supply chains. Container …

Optimizing configuration and scheduling of double 40 ft dual-trolley quay cranes and AGVs for improving container terminal services

L Yue, H Fan, M Ma - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Meeting the individual needs of customers will increase the competitiveness of container
terminals. This paper optimizes the configuration and scheduling of double 40 ft dual-trolley …

A generalized classification scheme for crane scheduling with interference

N Boysen, D Briskorn, F Meisel - European Journal of Operational …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nowadays, many industries rely on cranes for efficiently executing storage and retrieval
operations of goods. Areas of application are, for instance, container logistics in seaports …

Adaptive particle swarm optimization for integrated quay crane and yard truck scheduling problem

DC Hop, N Van Hop, TTM Anh - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This study takes into account the integrated quay crane and yard truck scheduling problem
in which the yard truck picks containers at quay crane and then transports required …

An integrated quay crane assignment and scheduling problem

A Diabat, E Theodorou - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
As maritime container transport is developing rapidly, the need arises for efficient operations
at container terminals. One of the most important determinants of container handling …

A framework for integrated berth allocation and crane operations planning in seaport container terminals

F Meisel, C Bierwirth - Transportation Science, 2013 - pubsonline.informs.org
In seaport container terminals, berth allocation, quay crane assignment, and quay crane
scheduling problems are solved sequentially. However, this sequential way of planning the …