Smart operations planning in container terminals: integrating algorithms with our practical knowledge base
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Smart operations planning in container terminals: integrating algorithms with our practical knowledge base Kap Hwan Kim1 · Hercules Haralambides2,3 Accepted: 8 October 2020 © Springer Nature Limited 2020
Planning the various operations of a container terminal plays a key role in maintaining and enhancing its efficiency and productivity. In this light, the scope of research on container terminal operations has expanded from manually operated terminals to fully automated ones, from operations planning to real-time decision-making, and from simplified models to realistic albeit complicated modeling efforts. This special issue in your hands consists of papers which show us the gaps between optimization models and real-life container terminal practices, as well as the way in which such gaps can be bridged. Seven papers are included in this volume; five have already appeared in Online First, while the remaining two were selected from among those presented at LOGMS 2019 (the 9th International Conference on Logistics and Maritime Systems 2019), held on 14 and 16 August 2019, in Singapore. Among the seven papers, five address the stowage planning problem. One of the key contributions of this special issue is that it discusses not only theoretical but also practical aspects of stowage planning. From the practical and operational introduction to the problem of stowage planning, we move on to the mathematical formulations and algorithms to solve it. In this way, we hope to have offered powerful and flexible decision tools for stowage planners, of both ships and terminals, as well as a useful basis to researchers starting to study this issue. The other two papers address the planning activities for berth/quay cranes and remarshaling operations, which are related to sea-side and land-side operations in container terminals, respectively. Chou and Fang (2018) introduce the practical procedure of stowage planning in detail. Explanations of various types of stability considerations are provided, together with practical examples that ought to be the key considerations in stowage planning. The paper provides a useful overview of stowage planning.
* Kap Hwan Kim [email protected] 1
Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
2
Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
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Helo et al. (2021) emphasize the importance of the analysis of cargo profiles and cargo systems’ compatibility. A set of utilization key performance indicators (KPIs) is proposed to measure how good a cargo system is compared with emerging cargo profiles. The authors show how the actual maximum capacity can be increased to close to the nominal capacity, through changes in the cargo system. Ambrosino and Sciomachen (2021) introduce detailed practical constraints to consider during the construction of the stowage plan involving dangerous goods (in containers) and propose a new procedure for stowage planning. The paper also considers the case where alliance members share
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