The throughput capacity of a container terminal is very important in planning and designing at container terminals.The existing methods estimated the throughput capacity without considering its change resulting from t...The throughput capacity of a container terminal is very important in planning and designing at container terminals.The existing methods estimated the throughput capacity without considering its change resulting from the different combination patterns of the types of arriving vessels.A simulation model is established to estimate the throughput capacities of a container terminal under different combination patterns of the types of arriving vessels.It shows that the throughput capacity of a container terminal is influenced by the utilization rates of the berth and quay cranes which result from the different combination patterns of the types of the arriving vessels.It provides a practical approach to estimate the throughput capacity of a container terminal considering the types of the vessels,and it is also helpful for the decision makers to raise the throughputs of the container terminals by optimizing the combination patterns of the types of arriving vessels.展开更多
基金the Innovation Action Project from Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (No. 08170511300)
文摘The throughput capacity of a container terminal is very important in planning and designing at container terminals.The existing methods estimated the throughput capacity without considering its change resulting from the different combination patterns of the types of arriving vessels.A simulation model is established to estimate the throughput capacities of a container terminal under different combination patterns of the types of arriving vessels.It shows that the throughput capacity of a container terminal is influenced by the utilization rates of the berth and quay cranes which result from the different combination patterns of the types of the arriving vessels.It provides a practical approach to estimate the throughput capacity of a container terminal considering the types of the vessels,and it is also helpful for the decision makers to raise the throughputs of the container terminals by optimizing the combination patterns of the types of arriving vessels.