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European Automated Container Terminals [PDF]
Communications, 2014 The establishment of the container as a cargo packaging unit belongs to the most significant developments in maritime transport in the 20th century. Containers started to be used in sea transport due to the reduction of loading time.
Andrej David +4 more
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Development and Suggestions on Container Twist Lock Handling in Automated Container Terminals [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2021 In this paper automated container terminals were introduced and characteristics of the automated container terminals were summarized. Besides, a common problem of twist lock handling technology in automated container terminal was proposed.
Zhang Panpan
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Sequencing Two Cooperating Automated Stacking Cranes in a Container Terminal
Transportation Science, 2010 The containerized trade market is growing rapidly with the uprising of the Far East. Container ports worldwide should be responsive by developing tools to handle these massive volumes of containers in order to retain their level of competitiveness.
Iris F A Vis, Hector J Carlo
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in the U-shaped automated container terminal travel longer and more complex paths. The conflicts among AGVs are trickier.
Bowei Xu +5 more
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Examining the Efficiency of Automation in Container Terminals
Journal of Transportation and Logistics, 2022 An increase in container traffic, larger tonnage of vessels, scarcity of port area, and shorter turnaround times have driven terminals to process more containers in less time and less space.
Yaser Jobran, Gökhan Kara
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Container terminal automation : assessment of drivers and benefits
Maritime Policy & Management, 2023 This study identifies and analyzes the relative importance of the multi-faceted factors that drive the decision to automate container terminals and the realized benefits, thus establishing how accurately terminal operators predicted the benefits of ...
Knatz, Geraldine +2 more
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Maritime Economics & Logistics, 2022 : This study focuses on the automation of terminal equipment used to handle containers. A dataset was compiled, which includes 63 fully and semi-automated container terminals in operation around the world, their organizational features, technical ...
Notteboom, Theo +2 more
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Determination of the number of automated guided vehicles required at a semi-automated container terminal [PDF]
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2001 This paper describes the development of a minimum flow algorithm to determine the number of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) required at a semi-automated container terminal.
René De Koster, Kees Jan Roodbergen
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Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 The energy efficiency of port container terminal equipment and the reduction of CO2 emissions are among one of the biggest challenges facing every seaport in the world.
Darius Drungilas +8 more
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Comparison of vehicle types at an automated container terminal
OR Spectrum, 2004 At automated container terminals, containers are transshipped from one mode of transportation to another. Automated vehicles transport containers from the stack to the ship and vice versa.
Harika, I., Vis, I.F.A.
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