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Computation of the Shortest Distance of Container Yard Tractor for Multi-Cycle System (다중 사이클 시스템을 위한 실시간 위치 기반 컨테이너 야드 트랙터 최단거리 계산)

  • Kim, Han-Soo;Park, Man-Gon
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.17-29
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    • 2010
  • A container terminal productivity is maximized by a minimized time for processing containers. So, we have been elevated the container terminal productivity through an improvement of computing system, but there are a limitation because of problems for transportation management and method. A Y/T(Yard Tractor), which is a representative transportation, is able to do only one process, loading or unloading, at one time. So if the Y/T can do loading and unloading step by step at a same time, the processing time would be shortened. In this paper, we proposed an effective operating process of Y/T(Yard Tractor) Multi-Cycle System by applying RTLS(Real Time Location System) to Y/T(Yard Tractor) in order to improve the process of loading and unloading at the container terminal. For this, we described Multi-Cycle System. This system consists of a real time location of Y/T based on RTLS, an indicating of Y/T location in real time with GIS technology, and an algorithm(Dijkstra's algorithm) of the shortest distance. And we used the system in container terminal process and could improve the container terminal productivity. As the result of simulation for the proposed system in this paper, we could verify that 9% of driving distance was reduced compared with the existing rate and 19% of driving distance was reduced compared with the maximum rate. Consequently, we could find out the container performance is maximized.

Impact Assessment of the Damage by a Pool Fire in Yard Storage Facilities of a Container Terminal (컨테이너 터미널 옥외저장소에서의 액면화재에 대한 피해영향 평가)

  • Hwang, Man Woong;Lee, Ik Mo;Hwang, Yong Woo;Chun, Young Woo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 2016
  • Domestic harbor yard storage facilities are a place specifically located in a container terminal for import and export of packaged dangerous goods, and due to the recent relaxed criteria for the secured open area, concerns for the extended damage upon accidents are increasing. In this study, the impact of damages by radiant heat was analyzed through a simulation of a pool fire caused by the leakage of flammable liquids from a tank container. As a result, it was analyzed that the distance of radiant heat according to threshold damage levels was beyond the current criteria of the secured open area, and the structural damage of adjacent containers could happen within a very short time if they were exposed to the early pool fire continuously. It is considered that this study will be helpful in preparing the proper criteria for the secured open area between yard storage facilities in a container terminal.

Dual Cycle Plan for Efficient Ship Loading and Unloading in Container Terminals (컨테이너 터미널의 효율적인 선적 작업을 위한 Dual Cycle 계획)

  • Chung, Chang-Yun;Shin, Jae-Young
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.33 no.8
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    • pp.555-562
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    • 2009
  • At container terminals, a major measurement of productivity can be work-efficiency in quay-side. At the apron, containers are loaded onto the ship and unloaded to apron by Q/C(Quay Crane). For improving the productivity of quay crane, the more efficient Y/T(Yard Tractor) operation method is necessary in container terminals. Between quay-side and yard area, current transferring methods is single-cycling which doesn't start loading unless it finishes unloading. Dual-cycling is a technique that can be used to improve the productivity of quay-side and utility of yard tractor by ship loading and unloading simultaneously. Using the dual-cycling at terminals only necessitates an operational change without purchasing extra equipment. Exactly, Y/T operation method has to be changed the dedicate system to pooling system. This paper presents an efficient ship loading and unloading plan in container terminals, which use the dual-cycling. We propose genetic and tabu search algorithm for this problem.

Development of Operation Strategy to improve Efficiency for Twin Automated Transfer Crane in an Automated Container Terminal

  • Park, Byung-Joo;Choi, Hyung-Rim
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.31 no.7
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    • pp.605-611
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    • 2007
  • In order to become a mega hub port, major ports all over the world are making every effort to enhance their productivity through efficiency of internal operation. Accordingly, in order to enhance the competitiveness of a container terminal, an automated container terminal is considered as the best alternative. An automated container terminal is using such automated handling equipment as AGV(Automated Guided Vehicles) and ATC(Automated Transfer Crane). The efficient equipment operation plays a critical role in enhancing the productivity of an automated container terminal. In an automated container terminal, the most important equipments are AGV and ATC. Each block of containers with a vertical layout is generally operating two ATCs. The two ATCs can be crossed or not at each block. In the case of operating crossover ATC, it has an advantage of high flexibility that ATC work is possible at both TP(Transfer Point) of each block. But it has also a disadvantage that the yard has to be operated at a low storage level of containers in the terminal yard. Recently, for automated container terminals, which are being prepared for opening in Korea, they plan to use uncrossed twin ATC in order to make the storage level of their yards high at a low cost. Therefore, studies have to be made in order to increase the efficiency of twin ATC system based on the flexibility that the crossover ATC system has. This research aims to suggest an operation strategy to improve efficiency of twin ATC at each storage block in a yard.

Forecasting of Port Productivity to Response Very Large Container Ship (초대형 컨테이너선 기항에 대응하는 항만생산성 예측)

  • Choi Yong-Seok;Ha Tae-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.319-325
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    • 2005
  • The objective of this paper is to forecast the port productivity of container terminal to response very large container ship. In general, the productivity of container terminal is evaluated by productivity of stevedoring system including container cranes, yard cranes, and yard tractors. Therefore, we analyzed the current productivity of container crane as port productivity in Pusan ports and forecast net productivity and gross productivity of container cranes to handle the containers cf very large container ship. In order to improve the productivity, we summarize alternatives of stevedoring system and operation system.

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An Approach for Scheduling Problem in Port Container Terminals: Moving and Stacking

  • HA, Phuoc Lan;LE, Ba Toan;HUYNH, Tuong Nguyen;NGUYEN, An Khuong;NGUYEN, Van Minh Man
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2015
  • In this study, we consider the transportation problem in port container terminals. It aims to determine positions in yards to place the containers at the adequate times. The containers on ship must be unloaded one by one from top to bottom, and placed in the main yard in order to reduce additional cost required for unnecessary unloading when getting out by customer with given timetable. The cost for transportation at container terminals could be reduced by a new approach in scheduling: move the containers from ship and stack them onto main yard that minimizes cost of yard crane operation when unloading for customer.

Optimized Design for Yard Operating System Layout of Automated Container Terminal (자동화항만의 야드 운영시스템 레이아웃 설계)

  • Hong, Dong-Hee;Chung, Tae-Choong
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.10D no.1
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 2003
  • Construction of automated terminal it urgently demanded to gain the foundation of hub-port in north east Asia. Therefore we suggest an adequate operating system layout of automated terminal in Korea. In this paper the aim of automated terminal operating system is satisfied. four basic models are divided according to moving course of export and import cargo of each automated equipments, several input data are changed and analyzed dynamically by Trial and Error method, and then an optimized operating system model is selected, and designed for yard operating system layout on the basis of the selected model. Particularly, the productivity of automated port is up to the kind of automated equipments. However, because expense and present work process must be considered actually. In order to prevent confusion of the work, the method to optimize the present work and substitute prevent equipments and automated equipments was designed. It is a premise that ail the yard equipments described in this paper must be automatic except quay crane.

Real Time Scheduling for Multiple Yard Cranes in an Automated Container Terminal (자동화 컨테이너 터미널의 복수 장치장 크레인을 위한 실시간 작업 계획 수립)

  • Park, Tae-Jin;Choe, Ri;Ryu, Kwang-Ryel
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.31 no.10
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    • pp.869-877
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    • 2007
  • This paper proposes a realtime scheduling method using local search algorithm for non-crossable yard cranes in automated container terminal. To take into consideration the dynamic property of yard crane operation and satisfy the real time constraint, the proposed method repeatedly builds crane schedule for the jobs in a fixed length look-ahead horizon whenever a new job is requested In addition, the proposed method enables the co-operation between yard cranes through prior re-handling and re-positioning in order to resolve the workload imbalance problem between the two cranes, which is one of the primary causes that lower the performance of yard cranes. Simulation-based experiments have shown that the proposed method outperforms the heuristic based methods, and the cooperation scheme contributes a lot to the performance improvement.

A Study on improvement of Quay productivity with minimizing double activities in Container Terminal Yard (컨테이너터미널 야드 중복작업 최소화를 통한 안벽 생산성 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Geong-Jung;Lee, Jung-Sun;Lee, Moun-Su;Kwak, Kyu-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2007.12a
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    • pp.340-341
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    • 2007
  • In case of Busan Port container terminals scale of a yard device chapter is small and narrow, and redundant works of device chapter facilities ability and transfer cranes are misgovernment occurring very much bemuse of this There is to the misgovernment that cannot support design ability of a container crane of quay because of this There is this in a change of marine transportation harbor environment to cross over to a large easel next of a ship, and a large problem cannot but become. Watched how redundant works were occurring in the second yards, and presented a problem Also, present the hint point tint these redundant works analyze how productivity of quay productivity and container crane is improved if solution works, and face to this.

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An information architecture analysis for Load/Unload process in the Railway Freight Terminal (물류터미널 적하역 절차를 위한 정보체계 분석)

  • Kim, Young-Hoon;Kim, Kyung-Min;Kim, Dong-Hee;Hong, Soon-Heum
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.1166-1170
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    • 2010
  • In the case of railway freight, there's a lot of process at railway freight terminal. In these days, for operation efficiency improvement, Load/Unload planning is being carried out research. Load/unload problem can be classified as track assignment, container assignment, yard truck route problem, unload equipment scheduling, container yard plan. In this paper, we focus on track assignment and container assignment among the load/unload problem. we analysis information architecture to solve this problem. And we compares two precesses for existing method and optimization method of track/container assignment processes. An contents different analysis of two methods can shows reformation of an information architecture for load/unload process in the railway freight terminal.

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