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Abstract | ||
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Within a maritime container terminal, we refer to the operations required to reposition containers in the storage yard as housekeeping. The objective of housekeeping operations, which are typically performed a few hours prior to boarding time, is to accelerate container loading on outgoing vessels. In this paper, we describe our experiences in modeling and simulating the housekeeping process and integrating the related simulation tool into the existing container management system at Medcenter Container Terminal SpA MCT, the company that runs the container terminal at the port of Gioia Tauro, Italy. MCT planners use this operations research tool to perform quantitative analysis of different scenarios to evaluate alternative policies and rules for housekeeping; hence, they can provide more rapid container loading for shipping companies. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2013 | 10.1287/inte.2013.0681 | Interfaces |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
uses simulation,rapid container loading,related simulation tool,container loading,operations research tool,container terminal,housekeeping operation,housekeeping process,housekeeping operations,mct planner,medcenter container terminal spa,existing container management system,maritime container terminal,simulation,housekeeping,scenario analysis | Scenario analysis,Yard,Engineering,Housekeeping,Management system,Operations management | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
43 | 4 | 0092-2102 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
3 | 0.44 | 9 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasquale Legato | 1 | 282 | 20.44 |
| Rina Mary Mazza | 2 | 93 | 9.72 |
| Roberto Trunfio | 3 | 79 | 5.17 |