Yard truck configurations for efficient operation of container terminals in Hong Kong

Z. X. Wang; Tung Sun Chan; Sai Ho Chung; B. Niu

doi:10.1109/InfoSEEE.2014.6946157

Yard truck configurations for efficient operation of container terminals in Hong Kong

Z. X. Wang, Tung Sun Chan, Sai Ho Chung, B. Niu

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

Abstract

There is significant fluctuation of container terminal throughput, hence it is inefficient to keep a full complement of yard trucks for meeting the transportation requirements. Large numbers of yard trucks not only increase the cost, but can also lead to congestion in both the yard and quay sides. Container terminals in Hong Kong choose to outsource extra yard trucks when the transportation requirements are increasing, so that the terminals do not need to purchase additional yard trucks. However, such a yard truck employment strategy presents a new practical problem that terminals need to solve. This paper studies the influence of yard truck configurations on the truck employment strategy combined with the yard truck scheduling and the storage allocation problem. This problem is solved by a proposed two-level heuristic approach. The computational experimental results show the effect of different yard truck configurations on terminal operation efficiency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1435-1439
Number of pages	5
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479931965
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/InfoSEEE.2014.6946157
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Event	2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014 - Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan Duration: 26 Apr 2014 → 28 Apr 2014

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Conference	2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Sapporo City, Hokkaido
Period	26/04/14 → 28/04/14

Keywords

container terminal
genetic algorithm
storage allocation
yard truck

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Wang, ZX, Chan, TS, Chung, SH & Niu, B 2014, Yard truck configurations for efficient operation of container terminals in Hong Kong. in Proceedings - 2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014. vol. 3, 6946157, IEEE, pp. 1435-1439, 2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan, 26/04/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/InfoSEEE.2014.6946157

Yard truck configurations for efficient operation of container terminals in Hong Kong. / Wang, Z. X.; Chan, Tung Sun; Chung, Sai Ho et al.
Proceedings - 2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014. Vol. 3 IEEE, 2014. p. 1435-1439 6946157.

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