Abstract
Offshore port service concepts were developed to flexibly respond to the emergence of large container ships and the increase in port trade volume. As one such offshore service concept, a mobile harbor system has recently been proposed. Although it is possible to effectively increase the capacity of existing ports through these mobile harbor systems, the methodology for evaluating the performance of a traditional port is limited when applied to evaluating the performance of the mobile harbor system. In this study, we develop a simulation model to analyze the mobile harbor system. The simulation model reflects the operating characteristics of the mobile harbor, and the performance metric of the system can be derived from the model. The results can be applied to capacity planning of a port system with a method that reduces search space. We applied our method to the Surabaya port in Indonesia to derive the optimal mobile harbor design that satisfies the required service level.
Highlights
Due to the increase of container trade volume, new port construction is required [1]
We develop an mobile harbor (MH) simulation model that reveals the characteristics of MHs for evaluating and designing MH-based port systems
We developed a simulation for mobile harbors
Summary
Due to the increase of container trade volume, new port construction is required [1]. In order tothe solve the problem of to mid-stream a mobile (MH)layout was proposed in high speed and stability required operate atoperation, sea condition three.harbor. In [25], analytic models for the capacities of two types of automated container terminals in traditional ports were developed These models focused on transport efficiency and stacking capacity and used discrete event simulation to verify the results. While the economic feasibility of an MH-based port system design was studied through the throughput-based method by Kim and Morrison [12], the method is insufficient to determine a detailed MH system design such as the number of berth and the mobile harbor to satisfy target service level. To serve large container ships in future, the port must enlarge entrance channel and the depths of the port’s berths must be increased As an alternative, they may consider the mobile harbor concept.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
