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Container Handling in Automated Yard Blocks

An Integrative Approach Based on Time Information

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Filip Covic

    1. Institute for Operations Research, HBS Hamburg Business School, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Introduces a holistic and integrative approach to container handling
  • Provides insight into the management of practical container terminal planning and operations
  • Employs mathematical programming to establish a theoretical basis for decision making

Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science (MANAGEMENT SC.)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction to Container Handling Research

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 1-10

  3. Container Terminal Environment

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 11-36

  4. Container Handling in the Yard Area

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 37-46

  5. Literature Review on Container Handling in the Yard Area

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 47-72

  6. Integrated Container Handling

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 73-111

  7. Algorithmic Analysis Based on the Problem Decomposability

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 113-193

  8. Re-marshalling Problem

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 195-241

  9. Terminal Appointment System

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 243-279

  10. Interaction Effects of Yard Block Properties, Re-marshalling and TAS

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 281-299

  11. Conclusions and Recommendations for Efficient Container Handling

    • Filip Covic
    Pages 301-312

  12. Correction to: Container Handling in Automated Yard Blocks

    • Filip Covic
    Pages C1-C1
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About this book

The yard block of a container terminal is the central point of synchronisation for asynchronous container flows between deep-sea vessels and transport to the hinterland. The structure of the block stipulates that containers are stacked on top of each other with only the topmost container directly accessible by a yard crane. 
This book describes a holistic and integrative approach to container handling in yard blocks to optimise productivity by minimising re-handling operations. The results provide insights for academic scholars as well as for experts from practical terminal planning and operations. The approach presented is two-fold: first, a theoretical foundation of the interdependencies in decision-making is established using mathematical programming. Secondly, operations involving uncertain container arrival information are examined on the basis of a simulation with a rigorous experimental design and statistical evaluation. In this context, the book develops container-handling strategies and analyses the impact of a system for vehicle arrival management – the "Terminal Appointment System". The findings presented in this book are the result of a close cooperation with experts at the port of Hamburg and build on previous research.




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  • Institute for Operations Research, HBS Hamburg Business School, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Filip Covic

About the author

Filip Covic is an industrial engineer and was a research assistant at the Institute for Operations Research at the University of Hamburg where he received his PhD in 2018.

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