Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems Logistics Contro
Container transportation is the predominant mode of inter-continental cargo traffic. Since container ships and port terminals involve a huge capital investment and significant daily operating costs, it is of crucial importance to efficiently utilize the i
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Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems Logistics Control Issues and Quantitative Decision Support
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Professor Dr. Hans-Otto Günther TU Berlin Department of Production Management Wilmersdorfer Straße 148 10585 Berlin Germany Email: [email protected] Professor Kap Hwan Kim Pusan National University Department of Industrial Engineering Jangjeon-dong, Kumjeong-ku Pusan 609-735 Korea Email: [email protected]
Parts of the papers of this volume have been published in the journal OR Spectrum.
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Preface Logistics control issues of container terminals and automated transportation systems 1 ¨ Hans-Otto Gunther and Kap Hwan Kim2 1 2
Department of Production Management, Technical University Berlin, Wilmersdorfer Str. 148, 10585 Berlin, Germany (e-mail: [email protected]) Deptartment of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University, Jangjeon-dong, Kumjeong-ku, Busan, 609-735, Korea (e-mail: [email protected])
Marine container industry has grown dramatically in the last 30 years. As a result, container transportation has become a predominant mode of inter-continental cargo traffic. Container terminals have been playing an important role as multi-modal interfaces between sea and land transport. In order to benefit from the economy of scale, the size of container ships has significantly increased during the last decade. Frequently, a large container ship requires thousands of container lifts in a port terminal during one call. Since
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