Title: IT-based planning and control of seaport container terminals and freight transportation systems
Abstract: Over the recent years, maritime container transport has seen tremendous growth rates. As a consequence, the number and capacity of seaport container terminals increased considerably. In today’s global freight networks, container terminals not only provide an interface to landside transportation systems but also serve as a hub for the exchange of containers between differentmaritime shipping lines. Since container terminals represent extremely complex systems with highly dynamic interactions between the various handling, transportation and storage units, and with incomplete knowledge about future events, efficient IT-support and improved logistics control software systems are needed in order to meet the desired performance measures.