Bike sharing systems offer a mobility service whereby public bicycles, located at different stations across an urban area, are available for shared use. These systems contribute towards obtaining a more sustainable mobility and decreasing traffic and pollution caused by car transportation. Since...

We consider the automated guided vehicle (AGV) dispatching problem in container terminals where vehicles are allowed to carry more than one container at a time. The main focus of the study is on dual-load AGVs, which may carry either two 20-ft containers or one 40/45-ft container. We propose a...

Most container terminals in the world today are operating up to their capacities. In this paper, we have developed a decision support system to optimise yard operations by considering all container flows (import, export and transshipment) through the yard with the view to improving terminal...