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Influenced by the dynamics of supply and demand, the demand for maritime transport has been increasing annually, putting significant pressure on container ports. To alleviate this pressure, a new mixed-integer programming model for the integrated sch...

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 baseline plan of terminals will be impacted to a certain extent after being affected by uncertain events, such as vessel delay and unscheduled vessel arrival, resulting in disorderly terminal operations, wasted resources, and reduced loading and...

Efficient berth allocation remains a critical challenge in bulk port operations due to the stochastic nature of vessel arrivals and the complex interaction among loading resources. This study proposes an integrated optimisation–simulation frame...

Port congestion significantly impacts the reliability of container ship schedules. However, the existing research often treats vessel time in port as a random variable, failing to systematically consider the complex impact of port congestion on ship...

Ship lock zones represent bottlenecks and a particular challenge for authorities managing vessel traffic. Traditionally, the control strategy of such systems has relied heavily on the subjective judgment, experience, and tacit knowledge of ship lock...

Berth allocation is a critical concern in container terminal port logistics, involving the precise determination of where and when arriving vessels should dock along a quay. With berth space limitations and a continuous surge in container handling de...

As container ports become increasingly important to the global supply chain, a growing number of ports are improving their competencies by consolidating multiple terminal resources internally. In addition, in the context of energy conservation and em...

The scheduling of harbor tugboats is a crucial task in port operations, aiming to optimize resource allocation and reduce operational costs, including fuel consumption of tugboats and the time cost of vessels waiting for operations. Due to the comple...

Ship weather routing optimization has evolved from deterministic great-circle navigation to sophisticated frameworks that account for dynamic environmental conditions and operational constraints. This paper presents a waypoint-sequencing Model Predic...