RMGC-Design-Planning Problem

Multi‐stage approach for the transshipment of import containers at maritime container terminals

“…The container is transported from its berth towards the nearest yard block with at least one empty slot. It is worth mentioning that the filling rate of the blocks is usually below 70% in most of container terminals [40]. For this reason, the probability of not finding an empty slot to store the containers is negligible in practice.…”