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Economic Analysis of Operating Systems in Container Yards
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Mansoor Kiani Moghadam   |
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Abstract: (9629 Views) |
| Analysis and evaluation of economic efficiency and effectiveness of container yard equipment are
among issues that managers of container terminals encounter all the time. This study with a distinctive
perspective toward the concept of cost functions, tries to figure out the costs of container yard vehicles
which are Straddle Carrier (SC), semi-automated Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) and automated Rail
Mounted Gantry (RMG). Developing a pairwise comparison method, we present a novel approach for
analysis and evaluation of economic efficiency and effectiveness of container yard equipment. The cost
function analysis considers major cost attributes which are related to modern container terminal operations
and include: 1) land purchase costs, maintenance and development of container yard costs, 2) equipment
purchase costs, maintenance and running of an appropriate operational system in the container yard and 3)
container transfer costs which play a determining role in determining the final costs of operational
systems. The results showed that RMG automatic systems, compared to SC and RTG systems, led to lower
costs for each container, for crane purchase, lower costs of maintenance and in general lower overall
expenses for container yards. |
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| Keywords: Container Terminal, Cost Function Modelling, Sensitivity Analysis |
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Type of Study: Research/ Original/ Regular Article |
Received: 2015/03/16 | Accepted: 2015/03/16 | ePublished: 2015/03/16
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