Hans-Otto Günther & Kap Hwan Kim 
Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems [PDF ebook] 
Logistics Control Issues and Quantitative Decision Support

Container Terminals.- Container terminal operation and operations research — a classification and literature review.- Comparison of vehicle types at an automated container terminal.- Simulation-based performance evaluation of transport vehicles at automated container terminals.- Generating scenarios for simulation and optimization of container terminal logistics.- Fleet sizing and vehicle routing for container transportation in a static environment.- The berth allocation problem: models and solution methods.- A scheduling method for Berth and Quay cranes.- A beam search algorithm for the load sequencing of outbound containers in port container terminals.- A general framework for scheduling equipment and manpower at container terminals.- Dispatching multi-load AGVs in highly automated seaport container terminals.- Transportation Systems.- Scheduling vehicles in automated transportation systems.- Modeling of capacitated transportation systems for integral scheduling.- Modeling and optimization of the intermodal terminal Mega Hub.- A dispatching method for automated guided vehicles by using a bidding concept.- Scheduling railway traffic at a construction site.- Container Loading.- A bottleneck assignment approach to the multiple container loading problem.