Container Terminals and Cargo Systems
Design, Operations Management, and Logistics Control Issues
This book presents new insights and successful solutions to the operational problems of automated container terminals and cargo systems. It comprises reports on the state of the art, applications of quantitative methods, as well as case studies and simulation results. Its contributions are written by leading experts from academia and business and address practitioners and researchers in logistics, transportation, and management.
1;Table of Contents;5 2;Part 1: Introduction;7 2.1;Container terminals and terminal operations;8 3;Part 2: Container terminals;18 3.1;Simulation of a multiterminal system for container handling;19 3.2;Comparing transportation systems for inter- terminal transport at the Maasvlakte container terminals;41 3.3;Berth management in container terminal: The template design problem;66 3.4;Mathematical modelling of container transfers and storage locations at seaport terminals;90 3.5;An optimization model for storage yard management in transshipment hubs;109 3.6;Advanced methods for container stacking;132 3.7;Strategies for dispatching AGVs at automated seaport container terminals;156 3.8;Dispatching vehicles in a mega container terminal;180 3.9;Inventory-based dispatching of automated guided vehicles on container terminals;196 3.10;Deadlock handling for real-time control of AGVs at automated container terminals;216 3.11;Deadlock prevention for automated guided vehicles in automated container terminals;243 4;Part 3: Cargo systems;264 4.1;The allocation of storage space for transshipment in vehicle distribution;265 4.2;The workload balancing problem at air cargo terminals;288 4.3;Simultaneous fleet assignment and cargo routing using benders decomposition;311 4.4;O&D revenue management in cargo airlines- a mathematical programming approach;328 4.5;A heuristic to solve a sea cargo revenue management problem;345 4.6;Collaborating freight forwarding enterprises;359
| ISBN | 9783540495505 |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 9783540495505 |
| Medientyp | E-Book - PDF |
| Auflage | 2. Aufl. |
| Copyrightjahr | 2007 |
| Verlag | Springer-Verlag |
| Umfang | 381 Seiten |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Kopierschutz | Digitales Wasserzeichen |
