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Shichang Xiao, Jinshan Huang, Hongtao Hu and Yuxin Gu
Automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) in the horizontal area play a crucial role in determining the operational efficiency of automated container terminals (ACTs). To improve the operational efficiency of an ACT, it is essential to decrease the impact of batt...
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Sifang Zhou and Qingnian Zhang
The container relocation problem (CRP) is an important factor affecting the operation efficiency of container terminal yards, and it has attracted much attention for decades. The CRP during the pickup operations of import containers is still an intractab...
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João N. Ribeiro da Silva, Tiago A. Santos and Angelo P. Teixeira
This paper develops a methodology to estimate ship emissions using Automatic Identification System data (AIS). The methodology includes methods for AIS message decoding and ship emission estimation based on the ship?s technical and operational characteri...
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Sara Sanz Sáenz, Gabriel Diaz-Hernandez, Lutz Schweter and Pieter Nordbeck
The size of container vessels is continuously growing, always exceeding expectations. Port authorities and terminals need to constantly adapt and face challenges related to maritime infrastructure, equipment, and operations, as these are the principal ar...
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Maja Stojakovic and Elen Twrdy
Productivity is an extremely important factor in the competitiveness of a container terminal. Productivity itself is largely influenced by the handling mechanisation, the main task of which is to serve the quay cranes on one side and the yard cranes on t...
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Gabriel Fedorko, Vieroslav Molnár, Nikoleta Miku?ová, Jan Strohmandl and Tomá? Ki?ik
Marine container terminals play an irreplaceable role in modern logistics. They ensure the functioning of material flows and supply chains. Optimal and efficient operations of terminals are increasingly based on full or partial automation. As a result, t...
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Yongsheng Yang, Shu Sun, Meisu Zhong, Junkai Feng, Furong Wen and Haitao Song
A U-shaped automated container terminal (ACT) has been proposed for the first time globally and has been adopted to construct the Beibu Gulf Port ACT. In this ACT layout, the double cantilevered rail crane (DCRC) simultaneously provides loading and unloa...
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Yongsheng Yang, Shu Sun, Sha He, Yajia Jiang, Xiaoming Wang, Hong Yin and Jin Zhu
A sea-rail automated container terminal (SRACT) plays a crucial role in the global logistics network, combining the benefits of sea and railway transportation. However, addressing the challenges of multi-equipment cooperative scheduling in terminal and r...
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Lingchong Zhong, Lijun He, Yongcui Li, Yu Zhang, Yong Zhou and Wenfeng Li
Heterogeneous quay cranes (HQCs) are the main energy-consuming equipment of automated container terminals, and they need to move from one bay to another along the rail and maintain a safe distance from one another. Improving the operational efficiency of...
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Xingyu Wang, Ning Zhao and Chao Mi
The issue of unloading efficiency for containers is the operational bottleneck for most traditional container terminals. In addressing the intricate challenges of space allocation in container yards during ship unloading, this study focuses on the real-t...
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