Research

Which levers actually move the numbers.

Studies I run on my own simulation models of terminal operations. Each one asks one question, shows the result and says plainly what the model leaves out.

Terminal simulation

Smarter dispatching or shorter drives? What keeps cranes productive on a long quay

With straddle carriers assigned to their own crane, optimizing the pickup order changes nothing. On a big terminal, crane rate follows driving distance.

Container terminalStraddle carriersDispatchingYard planningDiscrete-event simulation
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