The current decade sees a considerable growth in worldwide container transportation and
with it an indispensable need for optimization. Also the interest in and availability of …

In the last four decades the container as an essential part of a unit-load-concept has
achieved undoubted importance in international sea freight transportation. With ever …

Internal transport operations connect the seaside, yard side, and landside processes at
container terminals. This paper presents an in-depth overview of transport operations and …

In this paper we will give an overview of the use of operations research models and methods
in the design and operation of container terminals. We will describe the activities that take …

Owing to a rapid growth in world trade and a large increase in the flow of containerized
goods, sea container terminals play a vital role in globe-spanning supply chains. Container …

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 …

This section contains an overview of the different functional areas of a marine container
terminal and a summary of the main types of container handling systems. The main …

This paper surveys the extant research in the field of ocean container transport. A wide
range of issues is discussed including strategic planning, tactical planning and operations …

Marine container industry has grown dramatically in the last 30 years. As a result, container
transportation has become a predominant mode of inter-continental cargo traffic. Container …

Seaside operations are considered the bottleneck operation in most container terminals
around the world. This paper presents an in-depth updated overview of the seaside …