Abstract
This study reviews various planning and control activities in container terminals. Decision-making problems for operation planning and control are defined and new trends in the technological development for each decision-making process are discussed. Relevant research directions and open questions are proposed. The functions of the Terminal Operating System (TOS), which is the software used to implement the decision-making processes, are discussed and commercial TOSs are introduced and compared.
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This research was a part of the project titled ‘Technological Development of Low-carbon Automated Container Terminals’, funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea.“(201309550001)”
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Kim, K., Lee, H. (2015). Container Terminal Operation: Current Trends and Future Challenges. In: Lee, CY., Meng, Q. (eds) Handbook of Ocean Container Transport Logistics. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 220. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11891-8_2
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