2011
HMS 2011 Proceeding
Extended Great Deluge Approach for the Integrated Dynamic Berth Allocation and Crane Assignment Problem
Authors: Neila El Asli, Thien-My Dao, Séraphin Abou
Abstract
Globalization has quickly increased the volume of commodity flows using all modes of transport. Specifically, since the 1970s, containerization has increasingly facilitated the transport of goods throughout the world, and every major port is expected to double, and possibly triple, its container traffic by 2020. In order to accommodate the growth in international container transport, terminals must make significant changes to keep pace with increasing demand. One important manner in which existing terminal capacity could be increased would be through an increase in their efficiency. In this paper, we consider terminal efficiency from the perspective of simultaneously improving both berth and quay crane scheduling. The approach is applied to a modeling scheme found in the literature, and this study contributes to knowledge by improving the results found using a new metaheuristic and a crane transfer refinement procedure.
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