Title: Modelling the problem of yard crane deployment for resource-limited container terminal

Authors: Caimao Tan; Junliang He; Hang Yu; Yunjie Tang

Addresses: China Institute of FTZ Supply Chain, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China ' Engineering Research Center of Container Supply Chain Technology, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China ' School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China ' School of Management, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China

Abstract: With the bottleneck of container port has moved from the quay side to the yard area, the operational efficiency of yard crane is becoming increasingly significant to the container terminal. This article studies on the modelling of yard crane (YC) deployment for resource-limited container terminal. Firstly, the models for the basic yard crane deployment are proposed, which include the basic network flow model and the basic mathematical model. Secondly, the extended models are formulated, which can be utilised to deal with the deployment of multi-type yard cranes. Finally, numerical experiments are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed models, e.g., functional test, performance analysis and scenario analysis.

Keywords: container terminal operation; yard crane deployment; network flow; resource limited; multi-type yard cranes.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2019.100161

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2019 Vol.32 No.2, pp.137 - 169

Accepted: 10 Sep 2017
Published online: 14 Jun 2019 *

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