A simulation model for gate operations in multi-purpose cargo terminals

ABSTRACT

A multi-purpose cargo terminal in a seaport contains necessary infrastructure to handle different types of cargo, such as container, dry bulk, general bulk, and Ro-Ro. Since such terminals generally have dedicated areas and equipment for different types of cargo, berth, and yard operations for each type of cargo can be considered separate. On the other hand, trucks that carry all types of cargo use the same gate structure to enter and leave the terminal. Therefore, a method to superimpose the traffic that is caused by different types of cargo is needed for the planning of gate investments and operations. Consequently, this paper has developed a simulation model for a multi-purpose terminal to estimate the gate traffic and determine the necessary gate infrastructure, so that it can be used as a decision support tool for terminal planners and operational managers.     

客车上部结构强度出口认证检测

对客车倾翻试验出口认证法规进行介绍；结合丰富的出口认证检测经验，为客车厂家进行倾翻试验提供参考；提出客车倾翻试验仿真分析的必要性。     

技术创新能力对出口产品竞争力的影响研究

在分析企业技术创新能力评价指标体系的基础上,通过研究相关文献,对企业技术创新能力的评价指标进行合理筛选,建立企业技术创新能力的测量模型以及企业出口产品竞争力测量模型。利用这些模型重点研究企业技术创新能力与出口产品竞争力及构成因子间的相互关系,研究结论有助于改善企业技术创新能力对企业出口产品竞争力的作用效果。     

全球二手车市场解读

为助力二手车产业上下游各企业把控国际市场趋势,推进我国二手车市场持续健康发展,文章基于中汽中心·数据资源中心二手车数据及全球各国政府及行业协会官方数据对全球二手车市场发展历程、现状、趋势进行解读及预测,对我国二手车市场发展提出建议。     

Testing port choice models using physical and monetary data: a comparative case study for the Spanish container trades

ABSTRACT

Transport costs are useful explanatory variables in port choice research. Nevertheless, the availability of such information usually poses a problem. Thus, the formulation of an alternative approach, to be used as a proxy of these variables, would be desirable. The objective of this study is to improve the analysis of container port choice using logit models by adopting physical non-monetary indicators based on maritime distance and ship size. The statistical tests of logit models on port choice using these new variables are compared with the result of using cost variables for the same data set of choice positions. The statistical outcome is good and allows us to present this new approach as a contribution to the literature on port choice modeling.     

Modelling and optimisation of online container stacking with operational constraints

Container transportation plays a critical role in the global shipping network and container terminals need to improve their operations to increase efficiency. Storage yard of a container terminal is a temporary area where the containers stay until they are shipped to their next destination. We concentrate on increasing the efficiency of the storage yard by developing online stacking policies for each incoming container. An unproductive move of a container, performed to reach another container stored underneath, is called reshuffling. The objective in container stacking problem is to minimise the number of reshuffles, thereby increasing the efficiency of terminal operations. Additional weight-related operational constraints bring additional complexity to the online stacking decisions. We propose a mathematical model for the optimal online assignment of an incoming export, transit, import or empty container. We also propose an optimal online stacking policy and compare it with a random policy through simulation. Additionally, lower bounds for the performance measures are obtained through simulation by relaxing the operational constraints of the problem in a third stacking policy. We present and discuss the computational results in terms of four main performance measures.     

港口岸边集装箱起重枫的防风保护

随着国际航运船舶的大型化,岸边集装箱起重机（以下简称岸桥）的外形尺寸和迎风面积、风作用高度、风力矩也随之增大了许多,成为港口生产安全运行的最大隐患之一。对岸桥典型风灾事故案例作了分析,详细介绍了岸桥常用的各种防风装置和用这些装置保证岸桥安全的办法,可供参考。     

基于汽机流网一体化的辅助汽轮机建模与仿真

针对基于节点法的辅助汽轮机流体网络传统建模中,在动态过程中存在质量不平衡的问题,不能满足辅助汽轮机组变工况和故障工况特性研究的要求。本文提出了汽机流网一体化建模方法,依据质量守恒和能量守恒原理,采用可变出口导纳模拟不同背压下辅助汽轮机的流网运行情况。以某船舶汽轮燃油泵及其进出口蒸汽管网为研究对象,在MINIS环境下采用汽机流网一体化方法建立了其仿真模型。通过该方法下仿真结果与实际运行数据对比,验证了模型的准确性。仿真结果与传统模型仿真结果进行对比分析,表明了变工况和故障工况下汽机流网一体化模型具有更好的稳定性和动态适应性。     

船载危险货物集装箱开箱检查目标箱选择机制

为提高船载危险货物集装箱开箱检查的准确性和检查效率,该研究借鉴人工查找瞒报谎报危险货物集装箱的成功经验,建立了目标箱评估指标体系,同时,采用神经网络评估方法建立非线性的目标箱评估模型并进行实例验证。     

我国客车出口战略分析

探讨我国客车的优势及存在的问题,提出我国客车出口战略的目标以及对策和建议。