Container terminals are essential intermodal interfaces in the global transportation network. Efficient container handling at terminals is important in reducing transportation costs and keeping shipping schedules. In this paper, we study the storage space allocation problem in the storage yards of terminals. This problem is related to all the resources in terminal operations, including quay …
A vehicle provides transportation services between two terminals. Customers requesting services to the other terminal arrive at each of the two terminals according to independent Poisson processes. Each accepted customer brings in a random reward, and there are linear holding and transportation costs incurred by the accepted customers. Each rejected customer incurs a fixed penalty cost. The int…