Seaport Container Terminals (SCT) operate as central nodes in worldwide hub-and-spoke networks, and link ocean-going vessels with smaller feeder vessels, as well as with inbound and outbound hinterland transportation systems using road, rail, or inland waterways. The volume of transcontinental container flows has gained enormously over the last five decades frequently leading to double-digit annual growth rates for the SCT.

The 2nd edition of the Handbook of Terminal Planning also deals with problems being induced by questions of terminal development on a long-term basis (strategic level). Facing present and upcoming challenges for SCT operation-such as more and more mega vessels, extremely high hinterland peaks, higher environmental standards, less public acceptance and the stronger competition between terminals serving the same hinterland-the focus of the book is on successful approaches and solutions primarily addressing the planning of terminal structures. Nevertheless, operational aspects are considered, as well as how they effectively contribute to problem solving on the strategic level.

Autorentext
Jürgen W. Böse is Professor of Logistics at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Suderberg, Germany. Before that, he was Chief Engineer and Deputy Head of the Institute of Maritime Logistics, Hamburg University of Technology, and prior to that he was a Senior Consultant at HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH. Prof. Dr. Böse has numerous publications on issues of maritime logistics and strategic terminal planning and made many presentations in this field at international conferences and workshops for practitioners and scientists.

Zusammenfassung
Container Terminals (CT) operate as central nodes in worldwide hub-and-spoke networks and link ocean-going vessels with smaller feeder vessels as well as with inbound and outbound hinterland transportation systems using road, rail, or inland waterways. The volume of transcontinental container flows has gained appreciably over the last five decades -- throughput figures of CT reached new records, frequently with double-digit annual growth rates. Stimulated by throughput requirements and stronger competition between terminals settled in the same region or serving a similar hinterland, respectively, cost efficiency and throughput capabilities become more and more important. Nowadays, both terminal capacity and costs have to be regarded as key indicators for CT competitiveness. In respect of this steady growth, this handbook focuses on planning activities being aimed at order of magnitude improvements in terminal performance and economic viability. On the one hand the book is intended to provide readership with technological and organizational CT basics for strategic planning. On the other hand this book offers methodical assistance for fundamental dimensioning of CT in terms of 'technique', 'organization' or 'man'. The former primarily considers comprehensive information about container handling technologies representing the state of the art for present terminal operations, while the latter refers to methodological support comprising in particular quantitative solutions and modeling techniques for strategic terminal decisions as well as straightforward design guidelines. The handbook includes an introductory contribution which gives an overview of strategic planning problems at CT and introduces the contributions of the volume with regard to their relationship in this field. Moreover, each paper contains a section or paragraph that describes the impact of findings investigated by the author(s) for problem-solving in long-term planning of CT (as an application domain). The handbook intends to provide solutions and insights that are valuable for both practitioners in industry who need effective planning approaches to overcome problems and weaknesses in terminal design/development and researchers who would like to inform themselves about the state of the art in methodology of strategic terminal planning or be inspired by new ideas. That is to say, the handbook is addressed to terminal planners in practice as well as to students of maritime courses of study and (application oriented) researchers in the maritime field.

Inhalt

Part I Introduction.- Chapter1. General Considerations on Terminal Planning, Innovations and Challenges.- Part II Basic Aspects.- Chapter2. Advanced Simulation Technology in Planning, Implementation and Operation of Container Terminals to Cope with the Varying Challenges Caused by the Shipping Industry (Holger Sch¨utt).- Chapter3. Modeling Techniques in Planning of Terminals: The Quantitative Approach Ensuring planning becomes reality even in challenging times (Yvo A. Saanen).- Chapter4. Comparison of Fleet Size Determination Models for Horizontal Transportation of Shipping Containers using Automated Straddle Carriers (Bani Anvari, Apostolos Ziakopoulos, James Morley, Dimitris Pachakis,and Panayotis Angeloudis).- Chapter5. Automation and Electric Drives (Joan C. Rijsenbrij and Armin Wieschemann).- Chapter6. From Digitalization to Data-Driven Decision Making in Container Terminals (Leonard Heilig, Robert Stahlbock, and Stefan Voß).- Chapter7. Pavements for Container Terminals (David Schnabel).- Chapter8. Quay Wall Structures in Container Sea Ports and Influences on the Design (Jan Meyer).- Chapter9. The Value of a Cluster and Network Orientation for Container Terminals (Peter W. de Langen).- Chapter10. The Impact of Air Emissions Regulations on Terminals (Orestis Schinas).- Part III Seaside Access & Terminal Quayside.- Chapter11. Cost and Performance Evaluation Impacts of Container Ships on Seaport Container Terminals An Update.- Chapter12. Ensuring Navigational Safety and Mitigate Maritime Traffic Risks while Designing Port Approaches and Ship Maneuvering Areas (Hans-Christoph Burmeister).- Chapter13. ITSS The Integrated Terminal Ship System (Johannes March).- Chapter14. Planning Approach for Quayside Dimensioning of Automated Traffic Areas and Impact on Equipment Investment (Michael Ranau).- Chapter15. Raising Efficiency of Straddle Carrier Operations by Twin Container Handling (Ren´e Eisenberg, Thomas Koch, Marcel Petersen and Frank Wagner).- Part IV Planning Area.- Chapter16. Container Rehandling at Maritime Container Terminals: A Literature Update (Marco Caserta, Silvia Schwarze, and Stefan Voß).- Chapter17. State-of-the-art Yard Crane Scheduling and Stacking (Nils Kemme).- Chapter18. Comparison and Optimization of Automated Yard Crane Systems at Container Terminals (Ulf Speer and Kathrin Fischer)Chapter19. Optimal Stack Layout Configurations at Automated Container Terminals Using Queuing Network Models (Debjit Roy and Ren´e de Koster).- Part V Terminal Landside & Hinterland Access.- Chapter20. Port Feeder Barges as a Means to Improve Intra-port Container Logistics in Multi-terminal Ports (Ulrich Malchow).- Chapter21. Drayage Port City Trucking (Jens Froese).- Chapter22. Port and Dry Port Life Cycles (Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios).- Chapter23. Flashlight on Intermodal Transport Innovation in European Seaport Hinterland (Thore Arendt).- Chapter24. Importance of Hinterland Transport Network Structures for Seaport Container Terminals An Update (Joachim R. Daduna and Robert Stahlbock).