Optimizing container terminal operations: a systematic review of operations research applications

BA Weerasinghe, HN Perera, X Bai - Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2024 - Springer
Operations research techniques have helped optimize container terminal operations over
the past decades and have been a regular feature of maritime logistics and maritime supply …

Port integrated scheduling under uncertain operation time and cascade effects: A complex network structure entropy solution

L Cai, W Guo, L He, W Li - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The integrated scheduling of quay cranes, yard cranes, and internal vehicles in a port allows
for further optimization of resource allocation on a global scale. Since the scheduling objects …

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 …

Heuristic/Metaheuristic-based simulation optimization approaches for integrated scheduling of yard crane, yard truck, and quay crane considering import and export …

HP Hsu, CC Chou, CN Wang - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Yard cranes (YCs), yard trucks (YTs), and quay cranes (QCs) are the main material handling
equipment (MHE) used to fulfill Yard Storage Plan (YSP) and Vessel Stowage plan (VSP) in …

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 …

Collaborative multicenter reverse logistics network design with dynamic customer demands

Y Wang, J Zhe, X Wang, J Fan, Z Wang… - Expert Systems with …, 2022 - Elsevier
The vehicle routing problem for waste recycling has been created to improve resource
utilization and reduce environmental pollution as a result of the rapid consumption of natural …

Blocks allocation and handling equipment scheduling in automatic container terminals

LJ Yue, HM Fan, H Fan - Transportation Research Part c: Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
The blocks allocation and integrated scheduling of quay cranes (QCs), yard cranes (YCs),
and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) between the apron, side-loading blocks and end …

A bi-objective optimization for integrated truck operation and storage allocation considering traffic congestion in container terminals

Y Tao, S Zhang, C Lin, X Lai - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we are concerned with the traffic congestion issue of internal trucks in busy
transshipment container terminals. It is well known that traffic congestion contributes a major …

Two-echelon multi-depot multi-period location-routing problem with pickup and delivery

Y Wang, X Wang, Y Wei, Y Sun, J Fan… - Computers & Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient logistics network designs can contribute to operational cost savings and efficiency
improvements. In this study, a two-echelon multi-depot multi-period location-routing problem …

A bi-objective optimization for integrated berth allocation and quay crane assignment with preventive maintenance activities

Y Li, F Chu, F Zheng, M Liu - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Growing global trade brings an increasing challenge to intelligent maritime transportation,
which is an important branch of the intelligent transportation system. Developing efficient …