A comparative analysis of storage and retrieval equipment at a container terminal

I.F.A. Vis

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    Abstract

    In designing container terminals one have to consider the choice for a certain type of storage and retrieval equipment by performing a feasibility and economic analysis. In this paper, we compare, by means of a simulation study, the performance of manned straddle carriers and automated stacking cranes. As main performance measure, we use the total travel time required to handle storage and retrieval requests from both the sea- and landside of the terminal. It can be concluded that automated stacking cranes outperform straddle carriers in a stack with a span width smaller than nine containers. From that point on straddle carriers reach a comparable performance. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)680-693
    Number of pages14
    JournalInternational Journal of Production Economics
    Volume103
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

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