SIMULATION-BASED RESOURCE POOLING AT THE BALTIC CONTAINER TERMINAL

Yuri Merkuryev*, Vladimir Bardachenko*, Andrey Solomennikov*, and Fred Kamperman**

* Department of Modelling and Simulation, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
E-mail: merkur@itl.rtu.lv, vladimir.bard@btv.lv

** Baltic Container Terminal, Ltd., Riga, Latvia, E-mail: Fred.Kamperman@bct.lv

KEY WORDS
Simulation, model, marine container terminal,
economic efficiency, income, optimization.

ABSTRACT
The aim of the article is finding an optimal set of
resources for the BCT container terminal. The pool
of available resources consists of three types: quay
cranes, trucks (tug-masters), and yard cranes. The
article illustrates applicability of BCT logistical
model based on Arena simulation package for
choosing a resource set with known resource
productivity values, initial prices and operational
costs that would maximize terminal operating
income. Comparison of obtained results with the
traditional approach shows 18-20% average
improvement in calculation precision.