Impact of container chassis management practices in the United States on terminal operational efficiency: An operations and mitigation policy analysis
Existing policies designed to mitigate the environmental and social impacts of truck queuing at maritime terminals often focus on congestion problems outside of the terminal gate, targeting a reduction in the waiting and turn time of trucks as the measure of success. This paper evaluates the impact that intra-terminal truck and equipment movements have on the terminal’s overall performance and the implications that these movements have on the effectiveness of current mitigation policies. Through a simulation of terminal processes occurring at Southern California ports it is shown that measures driving reductions in truck turn times impose greater operational loads on terminal equipment, essentially transferring savings in truck turn time rather than eliminating it in terms of the overall system. Consequently, the paper finds that total truck and cargo handling equipment movement and operational time constitutes a more accurate measure of the effectiveness of policies seeking to mitigate the impacts of truck operations at marine terminals.
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2011
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Authors: | Le-Griffin, Hanh D. ; Mai, Lam ; Griffin, Mark |
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Research in Transportation Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0739-8859. - Vol. 32.2011, 1, p. 90-99
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Elsevier |
Subject: | Ocean container chassis | Intra-terminal operations | Container transaction processes | Container terminal performance | Mitigation policy effectiveness |
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