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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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Container terminal automation: revealing distinctive terminal characteristics and operating parameters [PDF]
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 dimensions, and the maritime and urban markets they serve.
Knatz G, Notteboom T, Pallis A.
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Minimizing quay crane downtime in container terminals using genetic algorithms with a case study of Tangier MED Port [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe problem of quay crane downtime continues to challenge container terminals across the globe, particularly in fully and partially automated ones like Tangier MED Port in Morocco. The persistent breakdowns of the cranes increase vessel turnaround times,
Hamza Garmouch +2 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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Desktop Research into Historic Automation Projects of Brownfield Container Terminals
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 There is a global trend of automation of container terminals. However, there is a lack of literature to guide automation projects for brownfield terminals.
Luis Burgos Gajardo +2 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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Automated Container Terminal Oriented Travel Time Estimation of AGV [PDF]
Jisuanji kexue, 2022 Automated guided vehicles(AGV)are crucial for the horizontal transportation of automated container terminals.Accurate estimation of the travel time of each AGV will reduce the number of idle AGV resources and increase the efficiency of the entire ...
LENG Dian-dian, DU Peng, CHEN Jian-ting, XIANG Yang
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Mathematics, 2023 This study is a driving analysis of the transfer data of container terminals based on simulation interactive modeling technology. In the context of a container yard, a model was established to analyze and predict the arrival time and influencing factors ...
Ruoqi Wang, Jiawei Li, Ruibin Bai
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Design and Implementation of 3-D Measurement Method for Container Handling Target
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 In the process of automatic container terminal loading and unloading, the three-dimensional attitude of the container affects the security of loading and unloading operations, so the three-dimensional attitude positioning of the container is very ...
Chao Mi +4 more
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Port-City Development: The Spanish Case [PDF]
, 2020 [Abstract]: The objective of this paper is to try to evaluate the port-city relationship from its onset, taking into account the challenges of port 4.0.
Freire Seoane, María Jesús +3 more
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