Berth planning and resources optimisation at a container terminal via discrete event simulation

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It has been possible to develop a queuing network model of the logistic activities connected with the arrival, berthing and departure of ships at a container terminal. The simulation tool was found to be effective in estimating how improving the resource capacity and altering resource allocation policies influence the performance levels available to shipping firms.

Operations Research, Business planning, Containerization (Freight), Containerization

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Dispatching of small containers via coastal freight liners: the case of the Aegean Sea

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An effort to reengineer coastal freight shipping in the Aegean Sea in Greece is presented with the introduction a new technology of small containers to solve the infrastructural problems of island ports. Analyzing the problem after introducing a vehicle routing problem (VRP) formulation reveals that passenger traffic demands are not optimal and at least 5.1percent cost savings may be realized by redesigning island links and that total cost decreases with increase in vessel capacity.

Freight Transportation, Management dynamics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Management & Information Science, Mediterranean Sea, Management Science, Models, Company business management, Aegean Sea, Ports, Business performance management

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Human resources management at a marine container terminal

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Manpower planning problem in the real context of a marine container terminal is discussed. The main features of the problem were the uncertainty of workforce demand and the need of ensuing a time continuous efficiency of the terminal.

Manpower Planning, Business Personnel Management, Methods, Human resource planning, Human resource management

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