A Simulation-Based Dynamic Programming Method for Interchange Scheduling of Port Collecting and Distributing Network

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:11.81em"/><col style="width:3.41em"/><col style="width:3.19em"/><col style="width:3.19em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Year</td><td class="align_center">2015</td><td class="align_center">2020</td><td class="align_center">2030</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Throughput/million TEUs</td><td class="align_center">0.625</td><td class="align_center">1.1</td><td class="align_center">7.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">The number of vessels</td><td class="align_center">328</td><td class="align_center">651</td><td class="align_center">3789</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">The number of berths</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">12</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The throughput and the number of vessels for three representative years.</div>

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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