Effect of block length and yard crane deployment systems on overall performance at a seaport container transshipment terminal

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1711-1725

  Petering, Matthew E H ^a   Murty, Katta G ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Block length; Container terminal; Gross crane rate; Maritime shipping; Simulation; Terminal design; Yard crane deployment

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; PORT TERMINALS; PORTS AND HARBORS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; SHIP CRANES;

BLOCK LENGTH; CONTAINER TERMINAL; GROSS CRANE RATE; MARITIME SHIPPING; SIMULATION; TERMINAL DESIGN; YARD CRANE DEPLOYMENT;

CRANES;

EID: 55749102553     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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