Traffic impact analysis of inspection area site selection at a foreign trade container terminal

ABSTRACT

To improve the security and efficiency of terminal operations, a key issue for land area layout at a foreign trade container terminal is to plan and design an inspection area. Since it directly affects terminal traffic, while determining inspection area site selection, we should pay a great attention to operations and management of terminal traffic as well as container inspection. This paper employs a system decomposition technique to develop an integrated simulation framework, which enables us to flexibly obtain the whole picture of terminal traffic conditions and evaluate traffic impacts of inspection area site selection. A real-world terminal with typical patterns of land area layout is chosen to carry out a case study, which shows that traffic flow is unevenly distributed on the terminal road network and that the distribution is influenced by truck streams at the terminal. New findings also include: (1) traffic volume at the terminal apron is rather unbalanced in association with the non-continuous utilization of berths; (2) a proper inspection area should be located near the gate if the terminal conditions permit from the perspective of terminal traffic. This work may provide a decision-making reference for the planning and construction of foreign trade container terminals.     

湛江港30万t级散货码头建设对通航环境的影响

分析霞山港区拟建设的30万t级散货码头对通航环境的改变和影响,针对交通流量变化、水域变化、水工设施的变化提出相应的通航安全措施。     

三峡库区大型散货出口码头结构型式和装卸工艺

三峡库区具有特殊的水文地质条件，散货出口码头结构型式和装卸工艺相对落后。文章结合重庆某专用矿石出口码头的建设，提出3种适用于大型散货出口码头的结构型式和相应的装卸工艺。研究认为架空直立墩式结构及相配套的装卸工艺具有占用岸线短、使用方便、装卸效率高和造价低等优点，适宜在三峡库区大型散货出口码头建设中推广应用。     

Panama Canal expansion and its impact on East and Gulf coast ports of U.S.A.

ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on the Panama Canal expansion and its impact on American port infrastructure for the attention of academic researchers in maritime transportation and supply chain management (SCM). First, it provides a comprehensive background based on a review of pertinent practitioner as well as academic publications. This is followed by a summarization of the impact of this expansion on the infrastructure of the major East and Gulf Coast (EGC) ports, since these stand to be the most affected. Then it presents a categorization scheme for these EGC ports that capture their likelihood of attracting the expected increase in cargo traffic engendered by the expansion; this is preliminarily supported by the latest data on growth in container traffic. The policy implications of this categorization are then discussed and the paper ends by identifying key SCM research problems exposed by the above.     

自动化散货码头装卸作业存在的问题与对策

针对目前国内已投入运营的自动化散货码头在装卸机械设备配置、功能区域划分、安全管理等方面存在的问题进行分析。提出针对性的解决对策,以进一步提高自动化散货码头的装卸作业效率并确保作业安全。对自动化散货码头的技术发展进行展望,供自动化散货码头建设或升级改造时参考和借鉴。     

通用杂货码头液体散货装卸工艺设计要点

在运营中,有些码头需要间隔装卸不同类别物料,在通用杂货码头也需装卸液体散货,由于液体散货具有易燃、易爆和火灾危险性等特点,其装卸工艺应根据项目情况慎重考虑。通过分析已建通用杂货码头液体散货装卸工艺的设计经验,总结设计要点,为类似工程工艺设计提供参考。     

大型散货堆场堆取料机基础结构优化设计

大型散货堆场中堆取料机基础常常占用很大一部分堆场面积。为节约土地资源,对堆取机基础结构形式进行优化设计：将堆取料机基础做成高桩梁板架空式结构,将堆场排水沟布置于内,不仅可以更有效地利用堆场空间,而且使用维修方便。     

Next generation mega container ports: implications of traffic composition on sea space demand

ABSTRACT

Demand for sea space brought about by increasing container-shipping traffic has important implications on how this space is managed and used. This is particularly important given the long-term nature, high-asset specificity, high- opportunity cost of investment, and significant economic impact of container port activity on a locality. The challenge is especially pressing for ports, which are facing constraints in seaside capacity where container traffic also has to co-exist with the needs of other types of ship traffic. This challenge is likely be multiplied for next generation container ports, which are expected to handle even larger traffic volumes. These ports are also likely to face competing sea space demands from other economic and social activities especially when they are concurrently major confluences of trade, logistics, and urban populations. This is the first research to investigate in detail the impact and importance of investigating sea space requirements from the perspective of cargo traffic composition and ship capacity. Results show that transshipment containers can generate much higher demand for sea space due to the higher volume of shipping capacity that accompanies such traffic. Sustainability issues and managerial and policy implications pertaining to the development of next generation container ports are provided.     

(New York: Vintage) pp. 45-55.

Over the past generation seaports have undergone a transformation from traditional cargo handling to logistical support centers and changed from bulk shipping and processing to high value-added management centers in an increasingly competitive global environment. Many have reorganized to become leaders of their region's economic development strategies. This paper reviews these changing roles and their impact on organizational issues. This organizational assessment is applied to the port of Kaohsiung and its envisioned role as a commercial hub and operations centre on the Pacific Rim. Issues such as split lines of responsibility, authority and jurisdiction across different levels of government are considered. Competing goals such as economic development, urban waterfront development, metropolitan urban structure, logistical integration, and infrastructure investment are discussed in this context.     

集装箱货运仿真模型在珠三角港港口投资方案评估(英文)

In the Pearl River Delta (PRD), there is severe competition between container ports, particularly those in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, for collecting international maritime container cargo. In addition, the second phase of the Nansha terminal in Guangzhou’s port and the first phase of the Da Chang Bay container terminal in Shenzhen opened last year. Under these circumstances, there is an increasing need to quantitatively measure the impact these infrastructure investments have on regional cargo flows. The analysis should include the effects of container terminal construction, berth deepening, and access road construction. The authors have been developing a model for international cargo simulation (MICS) which can simulate the movement of cargo. The volume of origin-destination (OD) container cargo in the East Asian region was used as an input, in order to evaluate the effects of international freight transportation policies. This paper focuses on the PRD area and, by incorporating a more detailed network, evaluates the impact of several infrastructure investment projects on freight movement.     

空间有限元法在深水散货码头结构设计中的应用

结合营口港鲅鱼圈港区一港池深水散货码头工程结构设计,对建造大型非预应力梁板构件桩基码头,采用空间有限元法对各种计算模型进行分析和探讨,并通过物模验证,取得较为满意的成果,为今后建设此类深水码头工程提出一种新的尝试。     

散货港口生产全生命周期环境管理信息系统研发

针对我国散货港口粉尘污染严重、主要环保设备使用效率较低的现状,结合港口生产各个产尘环节的特点,立足于港口清洁生产、高效生产的需要,着手解决港口环境管理信息平台的架构、模型选择与系统开发的问题。建立散货港口环境管理信息系统,提高港口环境的自动化、信息化水平。     

Meta-frontier function approach to operational efficiency for shipping companies

ABSTRACT

This study uses a meta-frontier function approach to estimate operational efficiency and technology gaps for shipping companies. Researchers have evaluated the relative efficiency of shipping firms with the assumption that shipping firms operate under one frontier technology. However, the assumption of one frontier technology is being argued by efficiency literature. Therefore, this study estimates relative efficiency of shipping firms in different market segments (dry bulk, liquid bulk, and containerized cargo), possibly operating with different technologies and, hence, under different frontiers. This study uses a meta-frontier function approach that allows us to distinguish separate frontiers for different groups and decompose efficiency scores relative to the meta-frontier. Data used in this study is collected from Thomson One Banker from 2001-2013 in the form of unbalanced panel data. Empirical results suggest that dry bulk firms’ production technology is more advanced than others and the production frontier is the closest to that of the meta-frontier. In addition, efficiency scores are all low, but containerized cargo firms achieve higher technological efficiency than the other two groups. It is also suggested that containerized cargo and liquid bulk firms should prioritize improvements in their production technology and dry bulk firms should prioritize improving group efficiency.     

浮式散料转运系统在港口的应用

相对于建设固定式港口散料码头,浮式散料转运系统具有对水域条件适应性强、作业机动灵活、服务半径广、 投资收益率高等特点。该系统在港口航道通航水深、码头结构靠泊能力及建设条件等受限情况下,提供了一种经济、便捷的散 料转运解决方案。分析几种浮式散料转运系统的组成、作业特点和应用情况,为我国发展浮式散料转运系统提供借鉴。     

基于SP3D技术的液体散货码头装配式工艺模块设计应用

针对传统液体散货码头装卸工艺设计施工中存在的二维图纸过于抽象、设备材料统计存在误差、码头现场可施工工期短、施工质量及安全难以保证等问题，提出液体散货码头装配式工艺模块的设计应用。该技术具有设计模型可视化、精准化，模块预制不受自然条件的影响，缩短工期，提高工艺设施质量及项目经济效益的特点，可有效解决传统液体散货码头装卸工艺设计施工中存在的问题，并为类似工程提供参考。     

海运船舶现状和发展趋势及对我国港口建设的影响

通过对我国海港工程设计船型尺度规范修订的回顾，分析了影响我国港口建设的船舶类型、规模的发展趋势。对集装箱船、干散货船、原油船等典型海运船舶船型现状和发展状况进行了分析，提出了三大货类船舶大型化发展的趋势及主力船型。船舶大型化发展直接影响了我国港口建设，船舶大型化也对我国离岸建港技术、深水长航道建设、港口工艺设备配置等方面提出新课题。     

Impact of container chassis management practices in the United States on terminal operational efficiency: An operations and mitigation policy analysis

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.     

码头自动化过磅系统改造方案

在港口散货码头的生产装卸过程中,会涉及到大量的集疏港作业,运输车辆短时大量集中过磅会导致道路拥堵,影响运营效率.在分析相关生产作业流程基础上,针对原过磅管理系统存在的问题,提出一种码头自动化过磅系统改造方案.     

双层带式输送机系统在散货码头上的应用

某些散货码头项目中,码头位置距离后方陆域较远,需要利用长距离带式输送机将物料从码头输送到后方。针对常规的水平运输方案会造成水工引桥宽度大、造价高的问题,探讨如何优化带式输送机布置形式,减少整个码头的建设成本。采用下层普通带式输送机和上层管状带式输送机的双层设计方案,在保证不同性质物料有效输送的前提下,可有效减小引桥宽度。实际运营检验证明双层带式输送机系统可安全可靠运行。     

8400 DWT单货舱重吊多用途船总体设计研究

8 400 DWT多用途船是上海船舶研究设计院为美国船东INTERMARINE设计的一款单货舱多用途重吊船。该船采用两冲程低速柴油机驱动,适合全球航行运载集装箱、干散货、木材制品、钢卷、重大件以及危险品等。该船设有长度为60.9米的超长箱形单独货舱。货舱内设置1层二甲板,该二甲板可以放置在高度不同的两个位置并且可以作为谷物舱壁放置在船长方向上不同的三个位置。甲板左舷设有2台最大工作载荷为150吨的克令吊。联吊能力为300吨,不需要使用浮箱和固定压载。为了提高该船的操纵性,在螺旋桨前方设置了平板呆木。船体结构满足船东安全坐底的特殊要求。