Abstract:The Port of Newcastle features three coal export terminals, operating primarily in cargo assembly mode, that share a rail network on their inbound side, and a channel on their outbound side. Maximising throughput at a single coal terminal, taking into account its layout, its equipment, and its operating policies, is already challenging, but maximising throughput of the Hunter Valley coal export system as a whole requires that terminals and inbound and outbound shared resources be considered simultaneously. Exi… Show more
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