摘要
Themainchallengeforcontainerportsistheplanningrequiredforberthingcontainershipswhiledockedinport.Growthofcontainerizationiscreatingproblemsforportsandcontainerterminalsastheyreachtheircapacitylimitsofvariousresourceswhichincreasinglyleadstotrafficandportcongestion.Goodplanningandmanagementofcontainerterminaloperationsreduceswaitingtimeforlinerships.Reducingthewaitingtimeimprovestheterminal’sproductivityanddecreasestheportdifficulties.Twoimportantkeystoreducingwaitingtimewithberthallocationaredeterminingsuitableaccesschanneldepthsandincreasingthenumberofberthswhichinthispaperarestudiedandanalyzedaspracticalsolutions.Simulationbasedanalysisistheonlywaytounderstandhowvariousresourcesinteractwitheachotherandhowtheyareaffectedintheberthingtimeofships.WeusedtheEnterpriseDynamicssoftwaretoproducesimulationmodelsduetothecomplexityandnatureoftheproblems.WefurtherpresentcasestudyforberthallocationsimulationofthebiggestcontainerterminalinIranandtheoptimumaccesschanneldepthandthenumberofberthsareobtainedfromsimulationresults.Theresultsshowasignificantreductioninthewaitingtimeforcontainershipsandcanbeusefulformajorfunctionsinoperationsanddevelopmentofcontainershipterminals.
出版日期
2013年04月14日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
