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Improving container terminals' efficiency by considering stacking operations.

Publication: Operations Research
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The growth in volume of containers being transported currently outstrips the world economic growth. Container ports should be responsive in order to maintain their competitiveness and provide for the necessary capacity and tools to efficiently transship these massive volumes. Docking times in ports, especially for seagoing vessels with 10,000...



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