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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This paper proposes a liner ship fleet deployment (LSFD) problem with container
transshipment operations. The proposed problem is formulated as a mixed-integer linear …

This paper studies the effect of a handshake area on the performance of twin automated
stacking cranes (ASCs) operating on top of a stack with transfer zones at both seaside and …

Container terminal (CT) operations are often bottlenecked by slow YC (yard crane)
movements. PM (prime mover) queues in front of the YCs are common. Hence, efficient YC …

In spite of extraordinary support programs initiated by the European Union and other
national authorities, the percentage of overall freight traffic moved by train is in steady …