The Tactical Berth Allocation Problem (TBAP) aims to allocate incoming ships to berthing positions andassign quay crane profiles to them (i.e. number of quay cranes per time step). The goals of the TBAPare both the minimization of the housekeeping costs derived from the transshipment container flowsbetween ships, and the maximization of the total value of the quay crane profiles assigned to the…
This paper considers the Dynamic Berth Allocation Problem, in which vessels are assigned to discrete positions in berths. This problem, whose goal is to minimize the total time the vessels stay at the port, constitutes one of the most important processes at any containers terminal. We propose a hybrid metaheuristic that combines Tabu Search with Path Relinking, T2SnþPR. The results reached by …