Abstract
The operation time of external trucks in a container terminal is one of port operation key performance indicators concerned by port operators, external truck operators and related government authorities. With the traffic big data combined with the operation characteristics of the container terminal, the system dynamics method is used to build the simulation model of the operation system for external trucks. The simulation results of the operation time of external trucks are consistent with the actual situation, which provides an effective way to eliminate the “black box” of the operation time of the external trucks. The model can also be applied in multiple scenarios by using the traffic big data, and the simulation results can be adopted by the relevant organizations.
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Abbreviations
- C (ct) t :
-
Number of external trucks operated in a container terminal, vehicles/unit time
- C (sct) t :
-
Operation time of a external truck operated in a container terminal, unit time
- C (st) t :
-
Yard operation capacity for external trucks, vehicles/unit time
- C (y) t :
-
Yard operation capacity for internal and external trucks, vehicles/unit time
- C (yt) t :
-
Yard operation capacity for internal container trucks, vehicles/unit time
- D (y) :
-
Difficulty coefficient of yard operation
- N (at) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles arriving at a container terminal per time unit
- N (ib) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles from entrance gate to buffer area per time unit
- N (lt) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles leaving from a container terminal per time unit
- N (ob) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles from buffer area to yard per time unit
- N (og) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles from entrance gate to the yard per time unit
- N (oy) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles from yard to exit gate per time unit
- N (v) :
-
Number of trucks in vehicles planned to be operated in a container terminal per time unit
- t :
-
Sequence of unit time during the operation
- T (ct) t :
-
Total time of all external trucks operated in a container terminal per unit time
- V (ba) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles in buffer area at the end of unit time
- V (gi) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles in the entrance gate at the end of unit time
- V (go) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles in exit gate at the end of unit time
- V (y) t :
-
Number of external trucks in vehicles in yard at the end of unit time
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Du, Y., Zhao, Y. & Gao, D. Predictive Simulation of External Truck Operation Time in a Container Terminal Based on Traffic Big Data. J. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. (Sci.) (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12204-022-2415-8
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