Container Handling in Automated Yard Blocks An Integrative Approach Based on Time Information /

• Main Author: Covic, Filip (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Production management.; Operations research.; Management science.; Computer simulation.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Operations Management.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Simulation and Modeling.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.

The yard block of a container terminal is the central point of synchronisation for asynchronous container flows between deep-sea vessels and transport to the hinterland. The structure of the block stipulates that containers are stacked on top of each other with only the topmost container directly ac...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Container Handling Research
• Container Terminal Environment
• Container Handling in the Yard Area
• Literature Review on Container Handling in the Yard Area
• Integrated Container Handling
• Algorithmic Analysis Based on the Problem Decomposability
• Re-marshalling Problem
• Terminal Appointment System
• Interaction Effects of Yard Block Properties, Re-marshalling and TAS
• Conclusion and Recommendations for Efficient Container Handling. .