An Intelligent Storage Determining Method for Inbound Containers in Container Terminals

Abstract

Yang, X.; Zhao, N.; Bian, Z.; Chai, J., and Mi, C., 2015. An intelligent storage determining method for inbound containers in container terminals.In this paper, the container Stacking Position Determination Problem (SPDP) for inbound containers in the process of vessel loading and unloading activities is discussed, specifically focusing on the storage space allocation problem (SSAP) in container terminals. The process of positioning inbound containers is investigated and analyzed based on an advanced handling strategy, namely assigning quay cranes in their full utilization with the aim of "Full In & Full Out" that is proposed for internal trucks, where intense loading and unloading activities are considered at the same time. A multi-objective integer programming model (MOIPM) is then put forward based on the idea of real-time strategic planning. For the solution, a genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to address the formulated problem. In addition to the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed model, a number of experimental results also verify the robustness of the GA algorithm. The application of the proposed method is able to improve operational efficiency in container terminals and reduce handling costs as well. ADDITIONAL INDEX WORDS:Container terminal, inbound containers, yard position selection, operational efficiency, genetic algorithm.

Solutions To Storage Spaces Allocation Problem for Import Containers by Exact and Heuristic Methods

“…Reshuffles are undesirable for customers and operators because they provoke cranes deterioration, slowness in container download operations and fuel consumption. Minimizing the reshuffles has become the objective of several academic research [2,9,21,19,16].…”

“…Several authors have reported solutions to the Storage Space Allocation Problem (SSAP) [10,1,19,20,5,14,21,2]. Authors have used different exact and heuristic methods.…”

Stowage Plan Based Slot Optimal Allocation in Rail-Water Container Terminal

“…The present research mainly focuses on (1) balancing workloads of containers among blocks when containers are unloaded from a train onto the yard space (as discussed by [1][2][3]), (2) taking full utilization of single equipment or several equipment (as discussed by [4,5]) and improving land utilization (as discussed by [6,7]), and (3) reducing the number of overlapping amounts or relocation movements among the bays (as discussed by [8][9][10][11][12][13]) and solving the storage space allocation problems (as discussed by [4,[14][15][16][17][18]). Pursuit of improving the utilization of yard space leads to an increase in relocation movement.…”

Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study on Formation of High Concentration of H2 Generated by Gas Explosion

“…There are many sources of H 2 in coal mine, during normal operation, the pyrolysis of coal (Handong,2001; Arenillas et al,1999), the leakage of battery, bacterial decomposition of wood(Xinquan et al,2013) in coal mines, etc, will all produce H 2 . But when the mine fire happens, the H 2 in the fire area mainly comes from the oxidized spontaneous combustion with coal, so it is practical to analyze combustion state(Peng et al,2010; Nehemia et al,1999;Grossman et al,1996) and verify whether the re-ignition exists according to the change of H 2 concentration in fire area (Fubao et al,2010;Shao et al,2014;Yang et al,2015). In common mine fire, the concentrations of H 2 are usually no higher than 2% due to the coal pyrolysis and incomplete combustion (AMSA,2008).…”