Abstract
This article deals with the extremely difficult problem faced by a large number of smaller ports: how to enable small container terminals to simultaneously receive two ships of post-Panamax size, and at the same time provide effective transshipment operations on an individual terminal subsystem, which would enable the fast turnaround of the ship in port and at the same time provide the port the possibility to increase annual traffic. For this purpose, a simulation approach was used in a hypothetical small size container terminal. The performed simulations covered all the berth-yard-berth operations focusing on the correct allocation of transfer mechanization to ensure optimal results on the sea side of the terminal. The results obtained were used to define the key parameters on the basis of which a Decision Support Tool was created. The aim of the Decision Support Tool is to help port operators to identify their current problems quickly and effectively and to give them an insight into the measures that need to be implemented to accommodate two post-Panamax ships at the terminal at the same time.
Highlights
Over the last two decades, the demand for maritime container transport has increased significantly, leading to major changes in the size of the maritime container fleet and the development of ports and terminals
According to Merk, Busquet and Aronietis [4], these ports are subject to the cascade effect, which means that vessels that have become redundant due to the very large new vessels are used in direct services that include medium and small container ports
All simulations were based on five terminal factors explained by St Twrdy [16], which define a functioning system at the seashore that depends o assigned to the quay cranes (QCs), the results in the berth and yard areas are exactly opposite, which has a negative impact on terminal productivity
Summary
Over the last two decades, the demand for maritime container transport has increased significantly, leading to major changes in the size of the maritime container fleet and the development of ports and terminals. Terminal characteristics such as berth length, number of quay cranes (QCs) and vessel type were changed to gradually increase the annual traffic volume and capacity to approximately 1 million TEUs and evaluate how such traffic increase affects the productivity of the berth in the first place and the yard in the second place In this way, it was possible to identify measures that would allow the berth to operate optimally. The objective of the DST is to help port operators quickly and effectively identify their current terminal problems and provide them with insight into the physical measures that need to be implemented to accommodate two post-Panamax vessels simultaneously if they are to increase annual throughput.
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