Research Article

Optimizing Truck Visits to Container Terminals with Consideration of Multiple Drays of Individual Drivers

Table 2

Comparison of the number of conducted drays for the twin ports of Los Angeles for the proposed scheduling (IP) and the two booking strategies (Rand, Sort).

Gate capacityNumber of Drivers Requested Capacity Performed Drays IP Time
Hourly Daily Rand Sort IP

1001400 360 89 1027.91035.3 1074 1103
410 101 1089.61090.8 11471510
500 124 1104.31137.2 1209 1688

1502100 540 89 1589.51601.0 1612 1512
615 101 1623.31628.5 1719 2356
750 124 1684.01732.5 1836 3316

2002800 720 89 2070.22086.4 2112 2355
820 101 2193.82236.4 2338 3649
1000 124 2234.42292.2 24375743

4005600 1440 89 4260.24261.8 4281 5828
1640 101 4429.14472.8 46279315
2000 124 4436.24495.7 4839 13440