Yard Storage Space Allocation Considering the Impact of Imbalanced Container Volume in the Yard

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  • (1. State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian 116024,China; 2. CCCC Water Transportation Consultans Co., Ltd., Beijing 100007, China)

Online published: 2024-01-03

Abstract

In order to allocate yard storage space reasonably, reduce waiting time for trucks at the yard bridges, and improve yard operation efficiency, the impact of uneven container volume in the yard area on the efficiency of bridge crane loading and unloading operations was considered in this study. A mathematical model for yard space allocation with the objective of minimizing the sum of queueing time cost and driving time cost for trucks was established. For the cost of queueing time for trucks, an embedded truck operation simulation model based on Anylogic was used to model the mathematical relationship between average queueing time at the yard bridges, bridge crane loading and unloading efficiency, and truck arrival rate. A variable neighborhood search algorithm was designed to solve the model for large-scale instances, and a series of numerical experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm. The study investigated the degree of impact of changes in yard loading and unloading efficiency on yard space allocation decisions. The results indicates that considering the impact of uneven container volume in the yard area on bridge crane loading and unloading efficiency can effectively reduce the queueing time cost for trucks waiting for bridge crane operations (by approximately 14.74%) and accelerate truck operation turnover, thereby improving yard operation efficiency.

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XIA Tian-rui, FU Chao, PENG Yun, LI Xiang-da . Yard Storage Space Allocation Considering the Impact of Imbalanced Container Volume in the Yard[J]. Journal of Dalian Maritime University, 2024 , 50(2) : 131 -140 . DOI: 10.16411/j.cnki.issn1006-7736.2024.02.014

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