Quay crane scheduling for multiple hatches vessel considering double-cycling strategy

Published date28 August 2019
Date28 August 2019
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-03-2019-0191
Pages253-264
AuthorJunliang He,Hang Yu,Caimao Tan,Wei Yan,Chao Jiang
Subject MatterInformation & knowledge management
Quay crane scheduling for multiple
hatches vessel considering
double-cycling strategy
Junliang He
Engineering Research Center of Container Supply Chain Technology,
Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China and
China Institute of FTZ Supply Chain,
Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
Hang Yu and Caimao Tan
China Institute of FTZ Supply Chain,
Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
Wei Yan
Engineering Research Center of Container Supply Chain Technology,
Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China, and
Chao Jiang
Department Logistics Management, Envision Energy Ltd, Wuxi, China
Abstract
Purpose The development of mega container ships and operational pressures puts forward higher
requirements on the operational ability of the container terminal. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to
propose an effective method for quay crane (QC) scheduling of multiple hatches vessel considering
double-cycling strategy to improve the operation efficiency and reduce the risk of delay.
Design/methodology/approach A mixed integer programming model, which covers the main
operational constraints in a container terminal, is formulated to solve the quay crane scheduling problem
(QCSP) with a novel objective.
Findings A case study is presented and a number of numerical experiments are conducted to validate the
effectiveness of the proposed model. Meanwhile, management insights are proposed. The results demonstrate
that the proposed method can efficiently solve QCSP in a container terminal, and an interesting finding is that
reducing the stack layers on the vessel can improve the operation efficiency of QC.
Originality/value A new mathematical model is proposed for QC scheduling at the operational level,
which considers the constraints of double-cycling strategy, multiple hatches and hatch covers. The proposed
model also provides methods to research the QC double-cycling problem considering the balance between
energy cost and operation efficiency.
Keywords Container terminal, Mixed integer programming, Delay risk, Double-cycling strategy,
Multiple hatch covers
Paper type Research paper
Nomenclature
i,jindex of all tasks
hindex of hatches
kindex of stacks
Hset of all the hatches
Uset of all the unloading tasks
Uhset of all the unloading tasks above the
cover of hatch h
Industrial Management & Data
Systems
Vol. 120 No. 2, 2020
pp. 253-264
© Emerald PublishingLimited
0263-5577
DOI 10.1108/IMDS-03-2019-0191
Received 30 March 2019
Revised 13 May 2019
22 July 2019
Accepted 29 July 2019
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This work is sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.
71602114), Shanghai Science & Technology Committee Research Project (Grant No. 17040501700),
Shanghai Rising-Star Program (Grant No. 19QA1404200), Shanghai Sailing Program (Grant No.
19YF1418800) and Shanghai Special Research Project (Grant No. 17DZ2280200).
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