Print Email Facebook Twitter A Novel Auction-Based Truck Appointment System for Marine Terminals Title A Novel Auction-Based Truck Appointment System for Marine Terminals Author Parmaksizoglou, I.A. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations) Bombelli, A. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations) Sharpanskykh, Alexei (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations) Date 2024 Abstract Background: Increased maritime trade has led to a surge in drayage operations, causing congestion and environmental issues in port areas. Truck Appointment Systems (TASs) are commonly used to manage truck arrival rates, yet transparency and equity in slot allocation remain problematic, fostering distrust between Licensed Motor Carriers (LMCs) and Marine Terminal Operators (MTOs). Methods: This study proposes a polycentric approach to improve truck scheduling and ensure that those impacted by decisions are involved in the decision-making process. A single-round auction mechanism focused on optimizing the truck hauling process through a pricing policy that promotes sincere bidding is introduced. The proposed approach employs an optimization strategy to achieve equitable coordination in truck synchronization through means of adaptable capacity management. Results: Numerical experiments assessing scenarios of noncollaborative behavior against partial collaboration between MTOs and LMCs demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in enhancing user satisfaction and terminal conditions for a case study focused on a medium-sized terminal. Collaboration between trucking companies is shown to increase utility per monetary unit spent on slot acquisition. Conclusions: The polycentric strategy offers a solution to TAS limitations by ensuring stakeholder participation with respect to flexibility and transparency by ensuring that those impacted by decisions are involved in the decision-making process. Subject truck appointment systemsauctionschedulingcollaborationmarine terminal operators To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0c9c2d11-84bb-4c47-a00b-bcd8642c648e DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics8020040 ISSN 2305-6290 Source Logistics, 8 (2) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2024 I.A. Parmaksizoglou, A. Bombelli, Alexei Sharpanskykh Files PDF logistics-08-00040.pdf 897.08 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0c9c2d11-84bb-4c47-a00b-bcd8642c648e/datastream/OBJ/view