Impact of container chassis management practices in the United States on terminal operational efficiency: An operations and mitigation policy analysis
| Autor: | Mark T. Griffin, Hanh Dam Le-Griffin, Lam Mai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Truck
Queueing theory Engineering Chassis ComputingMethodologies_SIMULATIONANDMODELING business.industry Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS Transportation Policy analysis Transport engineering Terminal (electronics) Container (abstract data type) Operational efficiency business Terminal equipment |
| Zdroj: | Research in Transportation Economics. 32:90-99 |
| ISSN: | 0739-8859 |
| Popis: | Existing policies designed to mitigate the environmental and social impacts of truck queuing at maritime terminals often focus on congestion problems outside of the terminal gate, targeting a reduction in the waiting and turn time of trucks as the measure of success. This paper evaluates the impact that intra-terminal truck and equipment movements have on the terminal’s overall performance and the implications that these movements have on the effectiveness of current mitigation policies. Through a simulation of terminal processes occurring at Southern California ports it is shown that measures driving reductions in truck turn times impose greater operational loads on terminal equipment, essentially transferring savings in truck turn time rather than eliminating it in terms of the overall system. Consequently, the paper finds that total truck and cargo handling equipment movement and operational time constitutes a more accurate measure of the effectiveness of policies seeking to mitigate the impacts of truck operations at marine terminals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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