Pipe flow modelling of container terminal logistics processes: a case study in Alexandria

Potentially powerful pipe flow models of container terminal logistics processes have been neglected to date. Despite phenomenal recent growth in container traffic in Egypt, modelling of terminals handling this traffic has remained rare. A case application in Alexandria, Egypt, collated empirical container and information flows using interviews and company records to develop a dynamic operational perspective. Using these data, operational-level model simulation of the entire logistical processes of both import and export flows was undertaken. Following successful validation of a base simulation model, scenario testing has empowered the case company to proactively design and test the impact of operational changes on the entire logistics process.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2014.986443
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • ElMesmary, Heba-tallah
  • Song, Dongping
  • Dinwoodie, John
• Publication Date: 2015-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 168-187
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1367-5567
  • EISSN: 1469-848X
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjol20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Container terminals; Exports; Freight traffic; Imports; Logistics; Operations; Simulation
• Geographic Terms: Alexandria (Egypt)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01564502
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 2015 4:12PM