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Integrated scheduling of crane handling and truck transportation in a maritime container terminal

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  • Chen, Lu
  • Langevin, André
  • Lu, Zhiqiang

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This paper studies the interactions between crane handling and truck transportation in a maritime container terminal by addressing them simultaneously. Yard trucks are shared among different ships, which helps to reduce empty truck trips in the terminal area. The problem is formulated as a constraint programming model and a three-stage algorithm is developed. At the first stage, crane schedules are generated by a heuristic method. At the second stage, the multiple-truck routing problem is solved based on the precedence relations of the transportation tasks derived from the first stage. At the last stage a complete solution is constructed by using a disjunctive graph. The three procedures are linked by an iterative structure, which facilitates the search for a good solution. The computational results indicate that the three-stage algorithm is effective for finding high-quality solutions and can efficiently solve large problems.

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  • Chen, Lu & Langevin, André & Lu, Zhiqiang, 2013. "Integrated scheduling of crane handling and truck transportation in a maritime container terminal," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 225(1), pages 142-152.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:225:y:2013:i:1:p:142-152
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.09.019
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