Container Terminals and Cargo Systems (eBook)

Table of Contents 5
Part 1: Introduction 7
Container terminals and terminal operations 8
Part 2: Container terminals 18
Simulation of a multiterminal system for container handling 19
Comparing transportation systems for inter- terminal transport at the Maasvlakte container terminals 41
Berth management in container terminal: The template design problem 66
Mathematical modelling of container transfers and storage locations at seaport terminals 90
An optimization model for storage yard management in transshipment hubs 109
Advanced methods for container stacking 132
Strategies for dispatching AGVs at automated seaport container terminals 156
Dispatching vehicles in a mega container terminal 180
Inventory-based dispatching of automated guided vehicles on container terminals 196
Deadlock handling for real-time control of AGVs at automated container terminals 216
Deadlock prevention for automated guided vehicles in automated container terminals 243
Part 3: Cargo systems 264
The allocation of storage space for transshipment in vehicle distribution 265
The workload balancing problem at air cargo terminals 288
Simultaneous fleet assignment and cargo routing using benders decomposition 311
O& D revenue management in cargo airlines— a mathematical programming approach
A heuristic to solve a sea cargo revenue management problem 345
Collaborating freight forwarding enterprises 359