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Handbook of Terminal Planning (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
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Handbook of Terminal Planning (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, 49
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Container Terminals (CT) operate as central nodes in worldwide
hub-and-spoke networks and link ocean-going vessels with smaller
feeder vessels as well as with inbound and outbound hinterland
transportation systems using road, rail, or inland waterways. The
volume of transcontinental container flows has gained appreciably
over the last five decades -- throughput figures of CT reached new
records, frequently with double-digit annual growth rates.
Stimulated by throughput requirements and stronger competition
between terminals settled in the same region or serving a similar
hinterland, respectively, cost efficiency and throughput
capabilities become more and more important. Nowadays, both
terminal capacity and costs have to be regarded as key indicators
for CT competitiveness. In respect of this steady growth, this
handbook focuses on planning activities being aimed at "order of
magnitude improvements" in terminal performance and economic
viability. On the one hand the book is intended to provide
readership with technological and organizational CT basics for
strategic planning. On the other hand this book offers methodical
assistance for fundamental dimensioning of CT in terms of
'technique', 'organization' or 'man'. The former primarily
considers comprehensive information about container handling
technologies representing the state of the art for present terminal
operations, while the latter refers to methodological support
comprising in particular quantitative solutions and modeling
techniques for strategic terminal decisions as well as
straightforward design guidelines. The handbook includes an
introductory contribution which gives an overview of strategic
planning problems at CT and introduces the contributions of the
volume with regard to their relationship in this field. Moreover,
each paper contains a section or paragraph that describes the
impact of findings investigated by the author(s) for
problem-solving in long-term planning of CT (as an application
domain). The handbook intends to provide solutions and insights
that are valuable for both practitioners in industry who need
effective planning approaches to overcome problems and weaknesses
in terminal design/development and researchers who would like to
inform themselves about the state of the art in methodology of
strategic terminal planning or be inspired by new ideas. That is to
say, the handbook is addressed to terminal planners in practice as
well as to students of maritime courses of study and (application
oriented) researchers in the maritime field.
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