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Performance Comparison of Real-Time Yard Crane Dispatching Strategies at Nontransshipment Container Terminals
Joint Authors
Guo, Zijian
Yu, Xuhui
Tang, Guolei
Song, Xiangqun
Yu, Jingjing
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-04-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Yard crane operations are often a bottleneck at a container terminal.
This paper aims to investigate the effects of various real-time yard crane dispatching strategies on operational cost and gross crane rate (GCR) for nontransshipment container terminals.
A general cost estimation model is introduced to incorporate the detailed costs incurred during container handling process within terminal area.
The formulas of container handling related parameters are mathematically derived to validate the simulation model.
Results reveal that the common nearest truck first served strategy yields the lowest operational cost but the lowest GCR.
On the other hand, earliest YT strategy achieves the highest GCR at the expense of higher operational cost with more vessel calls, while nearest YT strategy produces the highest GCR and is the second economical with fewer vessel calls.
Under any of the proposed yard crane dispatching strategies, the strategy that separately stacks import and export containers into different blocks outperforms the scattered stacking strategy in terms of GCR, although no distinct cost advantage is obtained.
The results provide fundamental insights into the connection between real-time yard crane dispatching strategies and operational performance at manually controlled nontransshipment container terminals.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yu, Xuhui& Tang, Guolei& Guo, Zijian& Song, Xiangqun& Yu, Jingjing. 2018. Performance Comparison of Real-Time Yard Crane Dispatching Strategies at Nontransshipment Container Terminals. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1207948
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yu, Xuhui…[et al.]. Performance Comparison of Real-Time Yard Crane Dispatching Strategies at Nontransshipment Container Terminals. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1207948
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yu, Xuhui& Tang, Guolei& Guo, Zijian& Song, Xiangqun& Yu, Jingjing. Performance Comparison of Real-Time Yard Crane Dispatching Strategies at Nontransshipment Container Terminals. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1207948
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1207948