Adaptability of Container Terminals for Amphibious AGVs: A Case Study Approach

The exponential growth in maritime trade during the 21st century has posed notable challenges for container terminals, resulting in congestion and operational inefficiencies. This study delves into the efficacy of Amphibious Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) as an innovative remedy to tackle these issues and facilitate the shift towards...

Design & simulation of an integrated automated maglev system to overcome transportation challenges between inland and seaport terminals

Port systems face numerous challenges, including limited storage capacity at terminal yards, congestion in road port access due to overwhelmed infrastructure, and inefficient inter-terminal transportation. Close dry ports, situated between 10-40 km from the port, offer a potential solution, but lack flexible and reliable transport connections...

Efficient Inter Terminal Container Transport using Amphibious Vehicles - A Simulation Approach

In the 21st century, maritime landscape is confronted with issues such as congestion and delays due to the ever increasing maritime trade volumes.<br/>This thesis explores the possibility of utilizing the concept of amphibious vehicles as a potential solution to address the issue of congestion and enabling the autonomous container terminal...

Integration of inter-terminal transport and hinterland rail transport

This paper investigates the problem of inter-terminal movements of containers and vehicles within a port area in order to achieve an integrated and effective transport within the port and towards the hinterland. Containers from different port terminals are first moved to a rail yard and then delivered to the hinterland by rail. To provide...

Predictive path following with arrival time awareness for waterborne AGVs

Large ports are seeking innovative logistical ways to improve their competitiveness world-wide. This article proposes waterborne AGVs, inspired by conventional automated guided vehicles and autonomous surface vessels, for transport over water. A predictive path following with arrival time awareness controller is proposed for such waterborne AGVs...

A Simio simulation model for the evaluation of Inter Terminal Transport systems at Maasvlakte 1 and 2 in 2030

The Maasvlakte port area in Rotterdam is located in the Netherlands. There are 14 container terminals and empty container depots located within this area, some are existing and some will be built in the near future. At container terminals containers are being transhipped between different modalities. At empty container depots, empty containers...

Inter Terminal Transport System Design Using Conveyor Belts for the Port of Rotterdam

Port of Rotterdam is one of the biggest port infrastructures in the world which plays an important role for Dutch economy. While these container flows are handled by the port’s facilities, some containers require second-tier container services (e.g. repair, custom clearance, storage) which usually they are not provided at all of the facilities...

Inter Terminal Transport System Design Using Conveyor Belts for the Port of Rotterdam (summary)

Inter Terminal Transport System Design Using Conveyor Belts for the Port of Rotterdam

Inter Terminal Transport captured in an ontology