Dynamics Analysis of Container Needs and Availability in Surabaya Container Terminal with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation

Abstract

Maritime transportation is a mode of transportation that is widely used to transport freight. East Java is a province in Indonesia which has a strategic location in terms of maritime transportation. PT. Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (PT TPS) is one of the terminals in East Java which has the largest international container flow, however, container flows are not balanced by the investment in increasing the number of container fields in the port. In addition, too long the dwelling time makes the terminal need to provide special land for a very long time limit. Determination of the deadline for stacking containers to be exported needs to be considered so that land availability and capacity can be optimized. Therefore, this study will analyze the deadline for the accumulation of export containers at PT. Terminal Petikemas Surabaya. In this study, agent-based simulations will be conducted. Using dynamic of the containers movement we described the better setting time for occupation of the container yard. The changing of lifespan and middle value can decrease the Yard Occupation Ratio by 6%. This result can be addressed as the policy of the dwelling time and long-stay period of the container in the terminal.