A tabu search algorithm for inter-terminal container transport

Conference paper (2016)

Authors

Q. Hu Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
X. Luan Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
F. Corman Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
G. Lodewijks Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Research Group
Transport Engineering and Logistics (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2016

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Marine and Transport Technology

Research Group

Transport Engineering and Logistics

Abstract

This paper discusses the container transport problem between terminals. The inter-terminal transport (ITT) becomes increasingly important with the expansion of port area and the intermodal transport. A major challenge to optimize the container transport is to find the adequate algorithm to handle the large-scale transport demand and planning horizon. A time-space graph is used to formulate the ITT in this paper, and then a tabu search algorithm is proposed. In order to test the algorithm, we apply it to a transport network with 18 terminals at the Maasvlakte in Port of Rotterdam. Different tabu search components are tested with different demand scenarios. A comparison of the results obtained by CPLEX and by the tabu search algorithm is also addressed. Through the comparison we can find that the algorithm can find good solution quickly, and performs well even for large scale transport demands where exact approaches are unable to find good solutions.

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