A fast heuristic for quay crane scheduling with interference constraints

C Bierwirth, F Meisel - Journal of Scheduling, 2009 - Springer
This paper considers the problem of scheduling quay cranes which are used at sea port
container terminals to load and unload containers. This problem is studied intensively in a …

The quay crane scheduling problem with time windows

F Meisel - Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The quay crane scheduling problem consists of scheduling tasks for loading and unloading
containers on cranes that are assigned to a vessel for its service. This article introduces a …

Quay crane scheduling in container terminals

WC Ng, KL Mak - Engineering Optimization, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The problem of scheduling identical quay cranes moving along a common linear rail to
handle containers for a ship is studied. The ship has a number of container-stacking …

A heuristic for the quay crane scheduling problem based on contiguous bay crane operations

Z Lu, X Han, L Xi, AL Erera - Computers & Operations Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Quay cranes (QC) are key resources at container terminals, and the efficiency of QC
operations is vital for terminal productivity. The Quay Crane Scheduling Problem (QCSP) is …

A unified approach for the evaluation of quay crane scheduling models and algorithms

F Meisel, C Bierwirth - Computers & Operations Research, 2011 - Elsevier
Scheduling of quay cranes at container terminals is a field of growing interest in research
and practice. In the literature, we find diverse models for quay crane scheduling that …

Quay crane scheduling with non-interference constraints in port container terminals

DH Lee, HQ Wang, L Miao - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2008 - Elsevier
The quay crane scheduling problem studied in this paper is to determine a handling
sequence of holds for quay cranes assigned to a container vessel considering interference …

Modeling and solving rich quay crane scheduling problems

P Legato, R Trunfio, F Meisel - Computers & Operations Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The quay crane scheduling problem is a core task of managing maritime container
terminals. In this planning problem, discharge and load operations of containers of a ship …

A crane scheduling method for port container terminals

KH Kim, YM Park - European Journal of operational research, 2004 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the problem of scheduling quay cranes (QCs), the most important
equipment in port terminals. A mixed-integer programming model, which considers various …

Quay crane scheduling at container terminals to minimize the maximum relative tardiness of vessel departures

J Liu, Y Wan, L Wang - Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we study the problem of scheduling quay cranes (QCs) at container terminals
where incoming vessels have different ready times. The objective is to minimize the …

The quay crane scheduling problem

N Al-Dhaheri, A Diabat - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
The recent growth in worldwide container terminals' traffic resulted in a crucial need for
optimization models to manage the seaside operations and resources. Along with the recent …