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Impact of container chassis management practices in the United States on terminal operational efficiency: An operations and mitigation policy analysis

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  • Le-Griffin, Hanh D.
  • Mai, Lam
  • Griffin, Mark

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Existing policies designed to mitigate the environmental and social impacts of truck queuing at maritime terminals often focus on congestion problems outside of the terminal gate, targeting a reduction in the waiting and turn time of trucks as the measure of success. This paper evaluates the impact that intra-terminal truck and equipment movements have on the terminal’s overall performance and the implications that these movements have on the effectiveness of current mitigation policies. Through a simulation of terminal processes occurring at Southern California ports it is shown that measures driving reductions in truck turn times impose greater operational loads on terminal equipment, essentially transferring savings in truck turn time rather than eliminating it in terms of the overall system. Consequently, the paper finds that total truck and cargo handling equipment movement and operational time constitutes a more accurate measure of the effectiveness of policies seeking to mitigate the impacts of truck operations at marine terminals.

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  • Le-Griffin, Hanh D. & Mai, Lam & Griffin, Mark, 2011. "Impact of container chassis management practices in the United States on terminal operational efficiency: An operations and mitigation policy analysis," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 90-99.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:retrec:v:32:y:2011:i:1:p:90-99
    DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2011.06.007
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    1. Lange, Ann-Kathrin & Nellen, Nicole & Jahn, Carlos, 2022. "Truck appointment systems: How can they be improved and what are their limits?," Chapters from the Proceedings of the Hamburg International Conference of Logistics (HICL), in: Kersten, Wolfgang & Jahn, Carlos & Blecker, Thorsten & Ringle, Christian M. (ed.), Changing Tides: The New Role of Resilience and Sustainability in Logistics and Supply Chain Management – Innovative Approaches for the Shift to a New , volume 33, pages 615-655, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Institute of Business Logistics and General Management.
    2. Amir Gharehgozli & Nima Zaerpour & Rene Koster, 2020. "Container terminal layout design: transition and future," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 22(4), pages 610-639, December.
    3. Chassiakos, Anastasios & Jula, Hossein & VanderBeek, Timothy, 2018. "Dynamic Scheduling of Chassis Movements with Chassis Processing Facilities in the Loop," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt1gt9w6wc, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    4. ManWo Ng & Wayne K. Talley, 2017. "Chassis inventory management at U.S. container ports:modelling and case study," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(18), pages 5394-5404, September.
    5. Ng, ManWo, 2024. "Repositioning with unreliable carriers: The case of marine chassis equipment at container ports," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 315(2), pages 777-785.
    6. Chassiakos, Anastasios & Jula, Hossein & VanderBeek, Timothy & Shellhammer, Matt & An, Samnang Dona, 2017. "Analysis and Optimization Methods for Centralized Processing of Chassis," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt1t75c3vw, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.

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