Research Article

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

Table 3

Comparison of the number of conducted drays for the port of Seattle 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 450 91 1065.41070.4 11251909
500 101 1051.91060.0 11321543
600 121 1091.41124.6 12353073

1502100 675 91 1577.71598.8 16803201
750 101 1580.81623.2 1743 3062
900 121 1670.91728.4 19023936

2002800 900 91 2122.9 2141.1 22444397
1000 101 2158.02210.8 23515042
1200 121 2211.22266.6 25047767

4005600 1800 91 4137.94203.5 440811225
2000 101 4348.54420.0 466718426
2400 121 4429.94550.9 5008 36199