Existing research on auto-berthing of ships has mainly focused on the design and implementation of controllers for automatic berthing. For the real automatic docking processes, not only do external environmental perturbations need to be taken into ac...
There has been significant interest in the research field of ship automatic navigation, particularly in the area of autonomous berthing. To address the key challenges of path planning and control during ship berthing, we propose an enhanced Linear&mi...
Ships are prone to accidents when approaching in a berthing velocity greater than that allowed when determining the risk range corresponding to a port. Therefore, this study develops a machine learning strategy to predict the risk range of an unsafe...
Under climate change, the increasing typhoon intensity poses a severe threat to fishery harbor safety through storm surges and extreme waves. Traditional empirical management approaches fail to capture the complex wave-surge coupling inside harbors,...
The continuous berth allocation and quay crane assignment problem considers the size of berths and ships, the number of quay cranes, the dynamic ships and non-crossing constraints of quay cranes. In this work, a mixed-integer linear programming model...
This study deals with berth allocation for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASSs) in the context of the mixed operation of MASSs and manned vessels from the perspective of port-shipping companies’ collaboration. Two berth allocation strategi...
In this paper, we study the static discrete berth allocation problems (BAPs) for large-scale time-critical marine-loading scenarios. The objective is to allocate the vessels to different types of berths so that all the vessels can be loaded within th...
To address the disruption caused by vessel delays to the port’s initial operation plan, this study investigates the integrated rescheduling optimization of vessel sequencing and berth allocation under vessel delay impacts. Focusing on a port wi...
In the context of increasingly complex and dynamic maritime logistics, seaports serve as critical nodes for intermodal transport, energy distribution, and global trade. Ensuring the safe and uninterrupted operation of port infrastructure—partic...
Even though cold ironing is not a new technology applied to reduce the impact of emissions from ships at berth, commonly used arrangements for shore-side power substations only allow a unidirectional power flow, from port to ship side. Although these...
In response to the widespread absence of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals in underground parking scenes, we propose a multimodal localization method that integrates enhanced berth mapping with Clothoid trajectory prediction, enabling...
Coastal water accidents have occurred frequently in recent years, and human factors are still the main cause of these accidents. The purpose of this study is to provide a better and safer solution for the symmetry problem of unmanned surface vessels...
In the autonomous berthing of ultra-large under-actuated vessels, the combined effects of low-speed maneuvering and shallow water conditions introduce strong nonlinear hydrodynamic characteristics which cannot be accurately captured by conventional l...
The need for an accurate inventory of ship emissions is vital for atmospheric scientists assessing the environmental impact of shipping and for policymakers aiming to regulate and incentivize emission reduction. This study used data from 189 internat...
Background: Port congestion contributes significantly to operational inefficiency and environmental impact in maritime logistics. With tightening EU regulations such as the Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and FuelEU Maritime, understanding and miti...
During the process of container ship transportation, the berthing time cost of the ship in port is extremely important. Container allocation and quay crane (QC) operation greatly affect the berthing time. Currently, few scholars have combined import/...
To address the issues of path tracking accuracy and control stability in autonomous ship berthing, an improved algorithm combining nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) and convolutional neural networks (CNNs) is proposed in this paper. A CNN is...
When vessels are docked at ports, traditional auxiliary engines produce substantial pollutants and noise, exerting pressure on the port environment. Shore power technology, as a green, energy-efficient, and emission-reducing solution, can effectively...
Stockyard–port planning is a complex combinatorial problem that has been studied primarily through simulation or optimization techniques. However, due to its classification as non-deterministic polynomial-time hard (NP-hard), the generation of...
Against the backdrop of the dual-carbon strategy promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the shipping industry, pollutant emissions generated during vessel berthing operations have become a critical challenge in port environmental govern...
With the increasingly busy transportation of cargo at container terminals (CTs), the requirements for terminal throughput and operational efficiency are constantly increasing. The operational efficiency and cost of CTs are closely related to the seam...
The safety of unmanned ship berthing is of paramount importance. In order to explore the influence of wind and wave coupling, a berthing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was established, and the characteristics of speed field, pressure field,...
In this study, the discrete and dynamic problem of berth allocation in maritime terminals, is investigated. The suggested resolution method relies on a paradigm of optimization with two techniques: heuristic and multi-agent. Indeed, a set of techniqu...
To promptly address the disruptions caused by various sudden weather events to the normal operations of the quay apron, this study focuses on the optimization of integrated berth and quay crane (QC) scheduling under the impact of adverse weather. It...
As maritime transportation develops, the pressure of port traffic increases. To improve the management of ports and the efficiency of their operations, vessel scheduling must be optimized. The vessel scheduling problem can be divided into channel sch...
Maritime transport is essential for global trade, yet ship emissions remain a major source of air pollution in coastal and port areas, with potential impacts on local air quality and human health. Cruise ships are particularly relevant in urban ports...
This study investigates the operations in automated container terminals, in which scheduling decisions need to be generated automatically. Therefore, an integrated optimization model is established considering the two-way transportation process of co...
Background: The rapid growth of international maritime trade has intensified operational challenges at marine terminals due to increased interaction between vessels, trucks, and trains. Key issues include berth congestion, inefficient truck arrivals,...
The rapid increase in international trade volume has caused frequent fluctuation of the vessels’ arrival time in container terminals. In order to solve this problem, this study proposes a methodology for rescheduling berth and quay cranes caused by u...
This paper investigates the controllability of vessel berthing systems assisted by multiple tugboats under actuator faults or failures. In such interconnected systems, a failure of an individual tugboat can potentially compromise the berthing operati...
The revenue of a ship company, a terminal, a port and even the whole logistic chain largely depends on the performance of (un)loading operations inside port areas. However, they are conditioned by met-ocean agents that exert stresses on fixed structu...
Maritime transportation plays a critical role in global trade as it accounts for over 80% of all merchandise movement. Given the growing volume of maritime freight, it is vital to have an efficient system for handling ships and cargos at ports. The c...
Container terminals are facing significant challenges in meeting the increasing demands for volume and throughput, with limited space often presenting as a critical constraint. Key areas of concern at the quayside include the berth allocation problem...
Accurate carbon emission estimation across all operational stages of container terminals is essential for advancing low-carbon development in the transportation sector and designing effective emission reduction pathways. This study develops a two-lay...
Motivated by the need for a green and low-carbon economy, we explore the co-scheduling optimization of berths and cranes. Our aim is to balance the carbon tax and operating costs of ports under uncertain conditions, proposing an innovative nonlinear...
Under the background of green and low-carbon port development, the single-terminal continuous berth dynamic scheduling problem is simultaneously affected by multiple factors, including dynamic vessel arrivals, tidal conditions, quay crane resources,...
Port seaside scheduling, involving berth allocation, quay crane, and tugboat scheduling, is central to intelligent port operations. This survey reviews and statistically analyzes 152 academic publications from 2000 to 2025 that focus on optimization...
Shipping trade and port operations are two of the primary sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The emission of air pollutants brings severe problems to the marine environment and coastal residents’ lives. Shore power technology is an efficient CO2 em...
Port operations have been suffering from hybrid uncertainty, leading to various disruptions in efficiency and tenacity. However, these essential uncertain factors are often considered separately in literature during berth and quay crane assignments,...
The International Maritime Organization adopted a strategy to reduce the total annual GHG emissions from international shipping by at least 50% by 2050, compared to 2008 levels. The European Union proposed an even farther reaching transformation: the...
The strategic recovery of buoys is a critical task in executing deep-sea research missions, as nations extend their exploration of marine territories. This study primarily investigates the dynamics of remotely operated vehicle (ROV)-assisted salvage...
Berthing operation heterogeneity across ship types causes significant uncertainty in assessing port congestion and carbon emissions over comparable timeframes. This study quantifies in-port emission dynamics for four cargo ship types (container, liqu...
Achieving sustainable maritime transport requires comprehensive understanding of port-related emissions and evidence-based mitigation strategies. Maritime shipping significantly contributes to air pollution in port cities, threatening environmental s...
Side-by-side mooring alongside a quay is an effective strategy to enhance berth utilization and port efficiency. However, in confined waters, hydrodynamic interactions among adjacent ships and the quay wall can significantly alter ship motions, wave...
The large-scale deployment of shore power in inland river ports offers new opportunities for optimizing port scheduling under time-of-use (TOU) electricity pricing and supports green sustainable port development. However, existing scheduling methods...
In this work, we study the integrated berth and crane scheduling problem in a tidal port with multiple terminals, considering the uncertainties, tides, maximum coverage of cranes and interference between cranes. For coping with the uncertainties, a c...
Shore power represents one of the principal solutions for the green transformation within the port industry. It significantly aids in the reduction in carbon emissions from vessels while they are berthed in port, yet often necessitates an effective p...
Driven by the surging global demand for crude oil and its byproducts, liquid tanker vessels have undergone a marked shift toward ultra-large dimensions. This growth, while enhancing transport capacity, has also intensified congestion across many liqu...
In a changing climate, ship speed optimization plays an important role in energy conservation and emission reduction. In order to establish a dual-objective optimization model of minimizing ship operating costs and reducing carbon emissions, fuel cos...
Signal priority control and speed guidance are effective ways to reduce the delay of buses at intersections. Previous work generally focused on the optimization strategy at the intersection area, without simultaneously considering the influence on ad...
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