Optimal allocation of resources for yard crane network management to minimize carbon dioxide emissions

Peng, Yun; Wang, Wenyuan; Song, Xueguan; Zhang, Qi

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.120

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“…To cope with the high uncertainty involved in the complex terminal system, a simulation model is always used to solve the yard layout problem [20]. Zhang et al [21] used simulation technology to study the influence of length of container yard on terminal operation efficiency.…”

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Analysis and Design of Typical Automated Container Terminals Layout Considering Carbon Emissions

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With the rapid development of world economy and trade and the continuous construction of green port, automated container terminal (ACT) has increasingly become the direction of future development. Layout design is the premise of ACT construction, which has an at least 50-year influence on the terminal. Therefore, this paper hopes to analyze and design the typical ACT layout to achieve sustainable development of the port. Firstly, a conceptual model is presented considering the interaction between different areas within the ACT when the width and length of the terminal are fixed. To select the optimal layout to achieve the goal of the green terminal, a novel mathematical model is established based on the energy consumption during cycle operation of various devices which can estimate the total carbon emission of an ACT over a period and is suitable for designing period. Then, with the developed model, an ACT in East China was taken as a case study. Finally, according to various analysis of the data results, the layout suggestion considering the sustainable development of the port is given.

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“…The energy consumptions from ships include three parts: ships sailing in the waterway, ships waiting at anchorage, and ships berthing at the berth. For ships sailing in the waterway, E j,s of main engines follows the "cubic law of the design speed and operational speed" [36], as shown in Equation (2).…”

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“…For example, according to the data from the Inventory of Air Emissions, the emissions from port facilities in 2016, which accounted for about 18% of total emissions, had increased by 18.6% compared to the data in 2005 [1]. Reducing carbon emissions and the efficient use of port equipment in container terminals are vital to achieving the climate and environmental goal of green port construction [2]. Reasonable allocation of facilities, including the number of facilities and the fuels adopted by facilities, can help reduce carbon emissions.…”

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“…Sha et al [11] scheduled yard cranes with a consideration of moving and turning distance and practical operation rules by developing a novel integer-programming model to minimize the total energy consumption of yard cranes from a low carbon perspective. Besides, for the energy replacement problem of yard cranes with energy consumption changing from diesel to electricity, Peng et al [2] combined an allocation resource mathematical model and a simulation model of the whole port operation network to schedule the time of energy replacement for each yard crane, where the objective function was minimizing carbon emissions. Yang et al [12] analyzed the sources of carbon emissions, measured the carbon emissions in the port system, and suggested two approaches to reduce carbon emissions.…”

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“…However, a container terminal operation system is very complicated and stochastic, including many sub-systems, such as ships berthing and being handled by the quay cranes subsystem, containers assignment and being transported to the yard/berth/gate subsystem, and containers being handled by facilities etc. It is very hard to describe the proposed problem using a stochastic mathematical model [2]. The components of the complicated operation system are interconnected queuing systems that interact with and influence one another, which results in difficulty in formulating how the allocation of facilities influences the emissions from a container terminal operation system considering the uncertainty inherent to the container terminal operation system.…”

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The Impact of the Allocation of Facilities on Reducing Carbon Emissions from a Green Container Terminal Perspective

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Abstract:The main contribution of this paper is to quantify the impact of the allocation of facilities, including the number of facilities and the fuels adopted by facilities, on carbon emissions. In order to deal with the complex queuing network of container terminals, a simulation model is established with the changing of the number of and the fuel adopted by facilities as inputs. Firstly, the operation process and complex queuing network of container terminals are described to explain why simulation technology needs to be used. Then, various simulation experiments based on a container terminal in Algeria are designed and carried out. Finally, the carbon emissions from facilities and ships at berth and inside container terminals, and the total carbon emissions inside container terminals, are obtained and analyzed. Results show that the emissions from facilities are only a small fraction of the total emissions of container terminals. Improving the number of trucks and yard cranes can help reduce carbon emissions, but when the number continues to rise, the emissions are decreased very slightly. The results obtained and proposed method can be applied to build a green container terminal, which can also be used for similar problems.

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A comprehensive review of quay crane scheduling, yard operations and integrations thereof in container terminals

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Over the past decades, container transportation has achieved considerable growth, and maritime trade now constitutes 80% of the global trade. The vessel sizes increased in parallel, up to 21,400 TEU (Twenty-foot-equivalent unit container). Accordingly, global containerized trade reached up to 150 million TEU in 2017 (UNCTAD 2018). This growth brings the need to use scientific methods to manage and operate container terminals more economically throughout the globe. In order to manage container transshipment and to use large vessels efficiently, the docking time at the container port for each vessel should be minimized. The decrease in the docking time enables the vessel to move to its next destination faster, decreasing turnover time and facilitating more containers to be transported. Container terminals can be divided into five main areas as the berth, the quay, the storage yard, the transport area, and the gate. The vessels must be berthed in suitable positions, after which many containers have to be unloaded or loaded via quay cranes, transshipped by vehicles inside the terminal, and stacked by yard cranes to suitable positions, all by using expensive equipment. With the invention of new technologies, the bottleneck at the berth side is almost overcome; however, the yard and the quayside operations have to be further perfected to obtain efficient plans. In this comprehensive literature review study, we aim to combine the literature on both yard and quayside operations, carefully examining independently studied problems as well as integrated ones. General information about port operations and relevant literature is provided. For the quayside, the literature on quay crane assignment and scheduling problems is investigated, whereas, for the yard side, yard crane scheduling, transport vehicle dispatching and scheduling, vehicle routing and traffic control, and storage location and space planning problems are reviewed in depth. In addition to these individual problems, their integrations are also analyzed, relevant publications and their respective contributions are explained in detail. Besides the milestone papers that lead the literature on container terminals, recent publications and advances are also reviewed, and managerial insights and future research directions are identified.

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Optimal allocation of resources for yard crane network management to minimize carbon dioxide emissions

Cited by 34 publications

References 13 publications

Analysis and Design of Typical Automated Container Terminals Layout Considering Carbon Emissions

Analysis and Design of Typical Automated Container Terminals Layout Considering Carbon Emissions

The Impact of the Allocation of Facilities on Reducing Carbon Emissions from a Green Container Terminal Perspective

A comprehensive review of quay crane scheduling, yard operations and integrations thereof in container terminals

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