Performance improvements in container terminals through the bottleneck mitigation cycle

Container terminal capacity is often limited by (in)efciency bottlenecks. This paper provides the design and proof of concept for the bottleneck mitigation cycle (BMC), consisting of three steps: bottleneck classifcation, detection and alleviation. While, often, the literature only focuses on alleviation of a single bottleneck and ignores...

Exploring challenges and solutions for container transportation using rail: A modelling and simulation gaming study

Rail is a cost-effective and environment friendly freight transport modality when used efficiently. Stakeholders around Dutch ports are discouraged to choose rail due to uncertain train schedules and the dispersed nature of freight flows across terminals in the port. To understand the challenges and opportunities of freight transport using rail,...

Exploring challenges and solutions for container transportation using rail: A modelling and simulation gaming study

Rail is a cost-effective and environment friendly freight transport modality when used efficiently. Stakeholders around Dutch ports are discouraged to choose rail due to uncertain train schedules and the dispersed nature of freight flows across terminals in the port. To understand the challenges and opportunities of freight transport using rail,...

Interoperability in self-organizing systems of multiple enterprises - A case on improving turnaround time prediction at logistics hubs

Besides supporting bilateral transactions, enterprise interoperability can also be applied to coordinate operational processes of stakeholders. With today's technology, each of these stakeholders can be equipped with actuators like applications on smart devices. Where applications support interaction of a user with its environment, smart devices...