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Yard trailer routing at a maritime container terminal

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  • Nishimura, Etsuko
  • Imai, Akio
  • Papadimitriou, Stratos

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This paper addresses the trailer routing problem at a maritime container terminal, where yard trailers are normally assigned to specific quay cranes until the work is finished. A more efficient trailer assignment method called "dynamic routing" is proposed. A heuristic was developed and a wide variety of computational experiments were conducted. The results of the experiments demonstrated that the dynamic routing reduces travel distance and generates substantial savings in the trailer fleet size and overall cost (15% reduction). The paper's contribution to the literature is the development of a new routing scheme achieving container handling cost savings for a terminal.

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  • Nishimura, Etsuko & Imai, Akio & Papadimitriou, Stratos, 2005. "Yard trailer routing at a maritime container terminal," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 53-76, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transe:v:41:y:2005:i:1:p:53-76
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    1. Carlo, Héctor J. & Vis, Iris F.A. & Roodbergen, Kees Jan, 2014. "Transport operations in container terminals: Literature overview, trends, research directions and classification scheme," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 236(1), pages 1-13.
    2. Zhang, Liye & Meng, Qiang & Fang Fwa, Tien, 2019. "Big AIS data based spatial-temporal analyses of ship traffic in Singapore port waters," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 287-304.
    3. Luo, Jiabin & Wu, Yue, 2015. "Modelling of dual-cycle strategy for container storage and vehicle scheduling problems at automated container terminals," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 49-64.
    4. Zeng, Qingcheng & Yang, Zhongzhen & Lai, Luyuan, 2009. "Models and algorithms for multi-crane oriented scheduling method in container terminals," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 16(5), pages 271-278, September.
    5. Tang, Lixin & Zhao, Jiao & Liu, Jiyin, 2014. "Modeling and solution of the joint quay crane and truck scheduling problem," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 236(3), pages 978-990.
    6. Xiaojun Li & Ran Zhou & Lequn Zhu, 2022. "The Influence of Operation Platform on the Energy Consumption of Container Handling," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
    7. Martin Tschöke & Nils Boysen, 2018. "Container supply with multi-trailer trucks: parking strategies to speed up the gantry crane-based loading of freight trains in rail yards," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 40(2), pages 319-339, March.
    8. Nils Boysen & Joachim Scholl & Konrad Stephan, 2017. "When road trains supply freight trains: scheduling the container loading process by gantry crane between multi-trailer trucks and freight trains," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 39(1), pages 137-164, January.
    9. Lau, Henry Y.K. & Zhao, Ying, 2008. "Integrated scheduling of handling equipment at automated container terminals," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 112(2), pages 665-682, April.
    10. Henry Lau & Ying Zhao, 2008. "Integrated scheduling of handling equipment at automated container terminals," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 159(1), pages 373-394, March.

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