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Design options to increase the efficiency of intra-port container transports
Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2025-12
Sprache
English
Start Page
2788
End Page
2799
Citation
Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2025
Contribution to Conference
Publisher DOI
Publisher
IEEE
ISBN of container
979-8-3315-8726-0
979-8-3315-8727-7
High volumes, short buffer times and many other players influence the maritime transport chain and intraport container transport. Congestion at logistics hubs leads to inefficient processes, increased waiting times, costs and emissions. Truck appointment systems are designed to reduce congestion by offering trucking companies time slots for delivering or collecting containers. However, these systems lack flexibility, which limits utilization and reduces efficiency. The study aims to develop strategies to evaluate and improve these systems in a simulation study. The results show that medium-length time slots improve the situation for transparent processes, or long time slots for limited transparency. Overbooking and open access are mutually exclusive, but offer slight advantages individually. Adjustments to opening hours of other nodes show little benefit. Overall, flexibility options positively influence the ratio of load trips and waiting times.
DDC Class
600: Technology
650: Management, Public Relations