A rolling horizon approach for the integrated multi-quays berth allocation and crane assignment problem for bulk ports

Abstract

In this paper, an efficient rolling horizon-based heuristic is presented to solve the integrated berth allocation and crane assignment problem in bulk ports. We were guided by a real case study of a multi-terminal port, owned by our Moroccan industrial partner, under several restrictions as high tides and installation’s availability. First, we proposed a mixed integer programming model for the problem. Then, we investigated a strategy to dissipate the congestion within the presented rolling horizon. A variety of experiments were conducted, and the obtained results show that the proposed methods were efficient from a practical point of view.

Keywords

• Berth allocation
• Crane assignment
• Mixed integer programming
• Rolling horizon
• Bulk Ports