Abstract: A system and method for automatically planning and controlling container flow operations in a large-scale container terminal shipping container transportation and storage terminals such as those at ports is disclosed. The system and method automatically scheduling operations of the container terminal in a holistic manner in multiple different time windows in advance in which operations are scheduled in a far-ahead horizon time window, in a candidate horizon time window, and in an imminent horizon time window.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 17, 2013
Date of Patent:
June 23, 2015
Assignee:
Navis LLC
Inventors:
Andrew Torson, Oscar Pernia Fernandez, John Philip Scattergood, Joseph Louis Weiner
Abstract: A system and method for automatically planning and controlling container flow operations in a large-scale container terminal shipping container transportation and storage terminals such as those at ports is disclosed. The system and method automatically scheduling operations of the container terminal in a holistic manner in multiple different time windows in advance in which operations are scheduled in a far-ahead horizon time window, in a candidate horizon time window, and in an imminent horizon time window.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 17, 2013
Publication date:
April 23, 2015
Applicant:
Navis LLC
Inventors:
Andrew Torson, Oscar Pernia Fernandez, John Philip Scattergood, Joseph Louis Weiner