Abstract Container Terminals (CTs) are continuously presented with highly interrelated,
complex, and uncertain planning tasks. The ever-increasing intensity of operations at CTs in …

The importance of energy efficiency and demand response management while harnessing
renewable energy draws more attention from many industries in recent years. Seaports, as …

Improving container ports' operational efficiency to reduce the delays at ports concerns
global port operators significantly. Optimizing the tactical level allocation of quay side and …

Recent trends in the management of supply chains have witnessed an increasing
implementation of the cross-docking strategy. The cross-docking strategy, being the one that …

The performance of a container terminal heavily relies on how efficiently the quayside
resources, which are mainly berth and quay cranes, are used. The quayside related …

This paper addresses the short-term berth planning and ship scheduling issues for a busy
seaport with channel restrictions, in which the channel width of the port can accommodate …

Many seaports worldwide are equipped with one-way navigation channel, in which only one
direction is allowed to sail through at a time and vessels thus have to queue up to enter and …

The demand for international seaborne trade has substantially increased over the last three
decades and is predicted to continue increasing during the upcoming years. A marine …

Purpose Marine transportation has been faced with an increasing demand for containerized
cargo during the past decade. Marine container terminals (MCTs), as the facilities for …

The limited availability of berths and channels is generally the bottleneck restricting the
capacity of a seaport and thus resulting in traffic congestion. Optimizing the operations of the …