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Since their introduction in the 1960s containers represent the standard unit-load concept for international freight. Container terminals primarily serve as an interface between different modes of transportation, e.g. domestic rail or truck transportation and deep sea maritime transport. Significant gains in productivity can be achieved through advanced terminal layouts, more efficient IT-support and improved logistics control software systems, as well as automated transportation and handling equipment. The primary objective of this book is to reflect these challenges and to present new insights and successful solutions to 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.
List of contents
Container terminals and terminal operations.- Container terminals.- Simulation of a multiterminal system for container handling.- Comparing transportation systems for inter-terminal transport at the Maasvlakte container terminals.- Berth management in container terminal: The template design problem.- Mathematical modelling of container transfers and storage locations at seaport terminals.- An optimization model for storage yard management in transshipment hubs.- Advanced methods for container stacking.- Strategies for dispatching AGVs at automated seaport container terminals.- Dispatching vehicles in a mega container terminal.- Inventory-based dispatching of automated guided vehicles on container terminals.- Deadlock handling for real-time control of AGVs at automated container terminals.- Deadlock prevention for automated guided vehicles in automated container terminals.- Cargo systems.- The allocation of storage space for transshipment in vehicle distribution.- The workload balancing problem at air cargo terminals.- Simultaneous fleet assignment and cargo routing using benders decomposition.- O&D revenue management in cargo airlines-a mathematical programming approach.- A heuristic to solve a sea cargo revenue management problem.- Collaborating freight forwarding enterprises.
About the author
Hans-Otto-Günther, geb. 1948 in Gelsenkirchen, ist nach Lehrstuhlvertretungen an den Universitäten Bonn und Bayreuth und einer Professur an der Universität Wien seit 1993 Inhaber eines Lehrstuhls für Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Produktionsmanagement an der Technischen Universität Berlin. Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind die Anwendung quantitativer Methoden in Produktion und Logistik sowie die computergestützte Planung in Supply Chain Networks.
Summary
Since their introduction in the 1960s containers represent the standard unit-load concept for international freight. Container terminals primarily serve as an interface between different modes of transportation, e.g. domestic rail or truck transportation and deep sea maritime transport. Significant gains in productivity can be achieved through advanced terminal layouts, more efficient IT-support and improved logistics control software systems, as well as automated transportation and handling equipment. The primary objective of this book is to reflect these challenges and to present new insights and successful solutions to 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.
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From the reviews:
"Computer-based simulation and optimization techniques are invaluable tools in analyzing different design and operation options. In their timely collection of papers, Kim and Günther focus on the design, operations management, and logistics control issues for container terminals. … The book provides an overview of recent developments in this area. It is an excellent resource for readers who are looking for scientific solutions to real-world problems, and for researchers who are looking for potential new open problems in this area." (Burkhard Englert, ACM Computing Reviews, March, 2009)
Report
From the reviews:
"Computer-based simulation and optimization techniques are invaluable tools in analyzing different design and operation options. In their timely collection of papers, Kim and Günther focus on the design, operations management, and logistics control issues for container terminals. ... The book provides an overview of recent developments in this area. It is an excellent resource for readers who are looking for scientific solutions to real-world problems, and for researchers who are looking for potential new open problems in this area." (Burkhard Englert, ACM Computing Reviews, March, 2009)
