Paper Info
Title
A simulation model for designing straddle carrier-based container terminals
Abstract
Designing the storage yard in a container terminal is a major step towards efficient terminal operations. The problem may cover both long-term decisions, such as selecting the yard layout and the material handling equipment, and short-term decisions, such as assigning storage space and dispatching and routing the material handling equipment. We present a discrete-event simulation model to investigate the best yard layout in terms of block position, number and capacity in a straddle carrier-based transshipment hub bearing a perpendicular yard layout. The simulation model is highly detailed and it captures the blocking, locking and further waiting conditions occurring during real-time operations. Numerical experiments carried out for a real container terminal show how the model may easily support the operations manager in choosing the block design that minimizes the waiting times of straddle carriers and the makespan of the integrated container discharge/loading process.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.5555/3242181.3242453
WSC '17: Winter Simulation Conference Las Vegas Nevada December, 2017
Field
DocType
ISSN
Transshipment,Job shop scheduling,Simulation,Computer science,Block design,Bearing (mechanical),Yard,Material handling,Straddle
Conference
0891-7736
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5386-3427-1
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pasquale Legato128220.44
Rina Mary Mazza2939.72