An Integrated Model for Container Terminals

In recent years, improving the process of loading and unloading ships has been the subject of much attention from the terminals authorities. The importance of this issue encouraged engineers to design the best simulation for a particular model to reduce time and subsequently, costs of the process. Determining the best possible method for the handling of quays plays a critical role in increasing the efficiency of container terminals. This paper investigates the Dynamic Discrete Berthing of ships handling time and space allocation problem. A mixed integer linear programming model was formulated with the aim of reducing the total ship service time at port, consequently increasing the overall terminal throughput. The effective tools for solving such models are optimization techniques.

Keywords:

container terminal , berth and quay-crane scheduling , mathematical modeling