Design and Operation of Automated Container Storage Systems

✍ Scribed by Nils Kemme (auth.)

• Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 472
• Series: Contributions to Management Science
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The storage yard is the operational and geographical centre of most seaport container terminals. Therefore, it is of particular importance for the whole terminal system and plays a major role for trade and transport flows. One of the latest trends in container-storage operations is the automated Rail-Mounted-Gantry-Crane system, which offers dense stacking, and offers low labour costs. This book investigates whether the operational performance of container terminals is influenced by the design of these storage systems and to what extent the performance is affected by the terminal's framework conditions, and discusses the strategies applied for container stacking and crane scheduling. A detailed simulation model is presented to compare the performance effects of alternative storage designs, innovative planning strategies, and other influencing factors. The results have useful implications future research, practical terminal planning and optimisation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Container-Terminal Logistics....Pages 9-52
Container-Storage Yard....Pages 53-87
RMGC-Design-Planning Problem....Pages 89-116
Operational RMGC-Planning Problems....Pages 117-202
Simulation as a Terminal-Planning Approach....Pages 203-220
Simulation Study on RMGC-Design Planning....Pages 221-333
Summary and Outlook....Pages 335-339
Back Matter....Pages 341-456

✦ Subjects

Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management; Operation Research/Decision Theory; Simulation and Modeling