This article presents a new mathematical formulation for the berth scheduling problem. The objective is to simultaneously minimize the total costs from vessels’ late departure and waiting time, and maximize the total premiums from vessels’ early departures. It is assumed that different...

This paper analyses some of the implications of the emergence of dedicated container terminals (DCT) in the past 10 years. It presents a general overview of DCTs and stresses, through the use of a generalised port cost function, that one of the main factors that could explain this development is...