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- Title
Determining the optimal number of yard trucks in smaller container terminals.
- Authors
Stojaković, Maja; Twrdy, Elen
- Abstract
Background: In 2017, smaller container ports handled approximately 22% of total containerized cargo. Nowadays liner operators are calling on those ports with larger ships and demanding fast and efficient turnaround of the ships in port. This is possible only if the berth has the right capacities, is working properly and achieves a good productivity level. Methodology: Productivity level does not depend only on the quay crane capacities but also the transfer mechanisation, of which the main function is to serve quay cranes on one side and yard cranes on the other side. Choosing the correct type and number of vehicles to transfer container units from berth to yard has become a very important decision in every container terminal. Results: In small container terminals yard trucks represents the most common type of transfer mechanization. That is why this research is based on the allocation of the right number of yard trucks to quay cranes in order to assure better productivity levels in the berth and yard subsystems. For this purpose, a discrete-event simulation modelling approach is used. The approach is applied to a hypothetical small container terminal, which includes operations on the berth-yard-berth relation.
- Subjects
CARGO handling; CONTAINER terminals; TRUCK-mounted cranes; TRUCKS; FREIGHT &; freightage
- Publication
EUROPEAN Transport Research Review, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1867-0717
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12544-021-00482-6