Optimising container transfers at multimodal terminals

Authors:
E Kozan
Affiliations:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
Venue:
Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
Year:
2000

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Abstract

The use of containers have greatly reduced handling operations at ports and at all other transfer points, thus increasing the efficiency and speed of transportation. This was done in an attempt to cut down the cost of maritime transport, mainly by reducing cargo handling and costs, and ships' time in port by speeding up handling operations. This paper discusses the major factors influencing the transfer efficiency of seaport container terminals. A network model is designed to analyse container progress in the system and applied to a seaport container terminal. The model presented here can be seen as a decision support system in the context of investment appraisal of multimodal container terminals.