A preliminary Petri net model of the transshipment processes in the Taranto container terminal

This paper is a contribution to define a complete and modular model of processes in container terminals, which can be used for simulation, test, monitor and control purposes. A schematic description of the main terminal processes is given, by specifying the resources handling containers in the Taranto container terminal. Then a Petri net formalizes the sequence of operations, each involving the synchronization of resources, for the transshipment process, the efficiency of which seem to be the key to obtain good performances