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 …

Operations research at container terminals: a literature update

R Stahlbock, S Voß - OR spectrum, 2008 - Springer
The current decade sees a considerable growth in worldwide container transportation and
with it an indispensable need for optimization. Also the interest in and availability of …

Tactical berth allocation under uncertainty

L Zhen - European Journal of Operational Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The tactical berth allocation problem (BAP) concerns the allocation of favorite berthing
positions to ships that periodically call at the terminals. This paper investigates the tactical …

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 …

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 …

A proactive approach for simultaneous berth and quay crane scheduling problem with stochastic arrival and handling time

Z Lu, L Xi - European Journal of Operational Research, 2010 - Elsevier
For a container terminal system, efficient berth and quay crane (QC) schedules have great
impact on the improvement of both operation efficiency and customer satisfaction. In this …

Heuristics for the integration of crane productivity in the berth allocation problem

F Meisel, C Bierwirth - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, the combined problem of berth allocation and crane assignment in container
terminals is investigated. The proposed problem formulation includes important real world …

An integrated model for berth template and yard template planning in transshipment hubs

L Zhen, EP Chew, LH Lee - Transportation Science, 2011 - pubsonline.informs.org
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 …

Modeling and solving the tactical berth allocation problem

G Giallombardo, L Moccia, M Salani, I Vacca - Transportation Research Part …, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper we integrate at the tactical level two decision problems arising in container
terminals: the berth allocation problem, which consists of assigning and scheduling …

A decision model for berth allocation under uncertainty

L Zhen, LH Lee, EP Chew - European Journal of Operational Research, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper studies the berth allocation problem (BAP) under uncertain arrival time or
operation time of vessels. It does not only concern the proactive strategy to develop an initial …