Integrated Scheduling of Handling Equipment in Automated Container Terminal Considering Quay Crane Faults

Quay cranes (QCs) play a vital role in automated container terminals (ACTs), and once a QC malfunctions, it will seriously affect the operation efficiency of ships being loaded and unloaded by the QC. In this study, we investigate an integrated scheduling problem of quay cranes (QCs), yard cranes (Y...

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Main Authors: Taoying Li, Quanyu Dong, Xulei Sun
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description Quay cranes (QCs) play a vital role in automated container terminals (ACTs), and once a QC malfunctions, it will seriously affect the operation efficiency of ships being loaded and unloaded by the QC. In this study, we investigate an integrated scheduling problem of quay cranes (QCs), yard cranes (YCs), and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) under QC faults, which is aimed at minimizing the loading and unloading time by determining the range of adjacent operational QCs of the faulty QCs and reallocating unfinished container handling tasks of QCs. A mixed integer programming model is formulated to dispatch QCs, YCs, and AGVs in ACTs. To solve the model, an adaptive two-stage NSGA-II algorithm is proposed. Numerical experiments show that the proposed algorithm can significantly reduce the impact of faulty QCs on productivity while maintaining its synchronous loading and unloading efficiency. The sensitivity analysis of ship scale, location, and number of faulty QCs indicates that the number of faulty QCs has a greater influence on the loading and unloading efficiency than their locations, and the impact of faulty QCs on the efficiency of small-scale ships is greater than that of large-scale ships.
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spelling doaj-art-12020d5735384db2a348c377f9fdec312025-08-20T01:53:58ZengMDPI AGSystems2079-89542024-10-01121145010.3390/systems12110450Integrated Scheduling of Handling Equipment in Automated Container Terminal Considering Quay Crane FaultsTaoying Li0Quanyu Dong1Xulei Sun2School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, ChinaSchool of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, ChinaSchool of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, ChinaQuay cranes (QCs) play a vital role in automated container terminals (ACTs), and once a QC malfunctions, it will seriously affect the operation efficiency of ships being loaded and unloaded by the QC. In this study, we investigate an integrated scheduling problem of quay cranes (QCs), yard cranes (YCs), and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) under QC faults, which is aimed at minimizing the loading and unloading time by determining the range of adjacent operational QCs of the faulty QCs and reallocating unfinished container handling tasks of QCs. A mixed integer programming model is formulated to dispatch QCs, YCs, and AGVs in ACTs. To solve the model, an adaptive two-stage NSGA-II algorithm is proposed. Numerical experiments show that the proposed algorithm can significantly reduce the impact of faulty QCs on productivity while maintaining its synchronous loading and unloading efficiency. The sensitivity analysis of ship scale, location, and number of faulty QCs indicates that the number of faulty QCs has a greater influence on the loading and unloading efficiency than their locations, and the impact of faulty QCs on the efficiency of small-scale ships is greater than that of large-scale ships.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/12/11/450automated container terminalhandling equipmentintegrated schedulingsynchronous loading and unloadingquay crane fault
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automated container terminal
handling equipment
integrated scheduling
synchronous loading and unloading
quay crane fault
title Integrated Scheduling of Handling Equipment in Automated Container Terminal Considering Quay Crane Faults
title_full Integrated Scheduling of Handling Equipment in Automated Container Terminal Considering Quay Crane Faults
title_fullStr Integrated Scheduling of Handling Equipment in Automated Container Terminal Considering Quay Crane Faults
title_full_unstemmed Integrated Scheduling of Handling Equipment in Automated Container Terminal Considering Quay Crane Faults
title_short Integrated Scheduling of Handling Equipment in Automated Container Terminal Considering Quay Crane Faults
title_sort integrated scheduling of handling equipment in automated container terminal considering quay crane faults
topic automated container terminal
handling equipment
integrated scheduling
synchronous loading and unloading
quay crane fault
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