M. Grunov, "Operations Management in Seaport Container Terminals"

“Operations Management In Seaport Container Terminals”

by

Martin Grunow
University of Technology, Berlin, Germany

Abstract:  Driven by the trend towards globalization, world trade volumes have increased dramatically during the last decade. Today, maritime cargo transportation has become the predominant transportation mode in international trade. Operators of seaport container terminals have responded to this development by increasing the degree of automation of the employed handling and transportation equipment. Manually operated cranes are replaced by automated cranes and manually driven carts are substituted through automated guided vehicles. These new container terminals are better suited to serve the huge modern deep-sea container vessels for which the berthing times must reduced to a minimum. The presentation gives an overview of the design and operation of automated seaport container terminals. Special emphasis is given to the operation of automated guided vehicles in this new domain.
 
Biography:  Martin Grunow is Assistant Professor at the Production Management Department of the University of Technology Berlin. He has published in Computers & Industrial Engineering, Health Care Management Science, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, and OR Spectrum for which he also acts as the Assistant Editor. His main research interests are supply network planning in the process industries, advanced planning systems, operations management in seaport container terminals, production planning in electronics assembly, and health care management.

Nov. 11, 2005, FENS G029, 14:40 – 15:30