Container terminal operation and operations research — a classification and literature review

Dirk Steenken (), Stefan Voß () and Robert Stahlbock ()
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Dirk Steenken: IS — Information Systems/Equipment Control
Stefan Voß: University of Hamburg
Robert Stahlbock: University of Hamburg

A chapter in Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems, 2005, pp 3-49 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the last four decades the container as an essential part of a unitload-concept has achieved undoubted importance in international sea freight transportation. With ever increasing containerization the number of seaport container terminals and competition among them have become quite remarkable. Operations are nowadays unthinkable without effective and efficient use of information technology as well as appropriate optimization (operations research) methods. In this paper we describe and classify the main logistics processes and operations in container terminals and present a survey of methods for their optimization.

Keywords: Container terminal; Logistics; Planning; Optimization; Heuristics; Simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26686-0_1

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