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Container Terminal Operation: Current Trends and Future Challenges

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Handbook of Ocean Container Transport Logistics

Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ((ISOR,volume 220))

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This study reviews various planning and control activities in container terminals. Decision-making problems for operation planning and control are defined and new trends in the technological development for each decision-making process are discussed. Relevant research directions and open questions are proposed. The functions of the Terminal Operating System (TOS), which is the software used to implement the decision-making processes, are discussed and commercial TOSs are introduced and compared.

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This research was a part of the project titled ‘Technological Development of Low-carbon Automated Container Terminals’, funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea.“(201309550001)”

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University, Jangjeon-dong, Gumjeong-gu, Busan, 609-735, Republic of Korea

    Kap Hwan Kim

  2. Institute of Logistics Systems, Total Soft Bank Ltd., 66-39, 513 Bansong-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-070, Republic of Korea

    Hoon Lee

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Kim, K., Lee, H. (2015). Container Terminal Operation: Current Trends and Future Challenges. In: Lee, CY., Meng, Q. (eds) Handbook of Ocean Container Transport Logistics. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 220. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11891-8_2

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