Crane Double Cycling in Container Ports: Affect on Ship Dwell Time

This paper provides a quantitative analysis of the impact of double cycling on crane efficiency at ports. Double-cycling is a technique for improving the utilization of quay cranes by converting empty crane moves into productive ones by having containers loaded and unloaded simultaneously. By allowing the crane to carry a container while moving from the apron to the ship as well as from the ship to the apron, the number of containers in a cycle is doubled. Two solution algorithms and simple formulae are presented for estimating reductions in the number of operations and operating time. The problem is also extended to include an analysis of double-cycling when ships have deck hatches. Results are presented for simulated vessels and compared to empirical data from a real-world trial. Analytical methods are shown to be useful in addition to numerical methods for providing greater insight. Finally, the paper demonstrates that double-cycling can create significant efficiency gains.

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• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  McLaughlin Hall
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  National Science Foundation

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  California Department of Transportation

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• Authors:
  • Goodchild, Anne V
  • Daganzo, Carlos
• Publication Date: 2005-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 24p
• Serial:
  • Research Report (University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Transportation Studies)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container terminals; Containers; Containerships; Gantry cranes; Ports; Scheduling
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01005230
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-RR-2005-5
• Contract Numbers: CMS-0313317
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 13 2005 1:08PM