Comparing different technologies for containers movement in marine container terminals

Author

Liu, C.I. ; Jula, H. ; Vukadinovic, K. ; Ioannou, P.A.

Author_Institution

Center for Adv. Transp. Technol., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

488

Lastpage

493

Abstract

The explosive growth of freight volumes has greatly increased the work of seaports and urged the port authorities to adopt advanced technologies to cope with the booming container ships. Linear motor conveyor systems (LMCS) and automated guided vehicle systems (AGVS) are the two candidate of automation systems that can be used to improve the performance of yard operations. In this paper, simulation models of LMCS and AGVS employed in marine container terminals are developed to investigate the effect of automation and different cargo handling technologies. Yard performance measures are evaluated by multi-attribute decision making method to determine the optimal number of vehicles needed to be deployed. The simulation results show how the performance of the terminal increases when LMCS/AGVS are deployed. The differences between the two technologies, LMCS and AGVS, are also investigated using the developed simulation models

Keywords

automatic guided vehicles; conveyors; linear motors; transportation; automated guided vehicle; container ship terminals; freight volumes; linear motor conveyor systems; multiattribute decision making; simulation model; Automation; Containers; Costs; Decision making; Explosives; Foot; Freight handling; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5971-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2000.881118

Filename

881118