Simulation model of internal transportation at a container terminal to determine the number of vehicles required

The operating efficiency of a container terminal is largely determined by the number of vehicles available for internal transportation. This article presents a discrete event simulation model, combined with scenario analysis, to help determine the adequate number of vehicles to satisfy the demand for internal container movements at a port in the city of Barranquilla. The model assesses the container movements performed by Straddle Carriers (SC) between the container loading/unloading dock and the storage and inspection yards. The results of the experiments performed indicate that when demand increases by more than 10%, the number of vehicles currently available may be insufficient to cover operating requirements in an efficient manner. The simulation model tests the effectiveness of a set of strategies that may be implemented at the studied terminal.

• Autores: Uribe-Martes, Carlos; Rivera-Restrepo, Doris Xiomara; Borja-Di Filippo, Angélica; Silva, Jesús
• Tipo de recurso: http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_816b
• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/7604
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/7604; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: Scenario analysis; Container terminal; Discrete event simulation; Straddle carriers
• Rights: openAccess
• License: CC0 1.0 Universal