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VISUALISING LAYOUT AND OPERATION

OF A CONTAINER TERMINAL

Authors

Dr F A Schmidt - Maritime & Supply Chain Solutions (Europe) Ltd, UKMiss R Yazdani - University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UKMr R Young - University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK

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EU SPONSORED PROJECTS RELATED TO PORT OPERATION:

- modelling and simulation

EU Aims: Spatial Development Perspectives, Sustainable Development and Balancing the Modes of (Freight) Transport

SPHERE - 1996 – 99 - Initial Development of the Port Process SimulatorBALTPORTS-IT - 2001 - 03 - Further Development of the PPSTRAPIST - 2002 – 04 - Development of the Terminal Planning Board

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SPHERE – Port of Harwich BALTPORTS-IT – Port of Gdansk BALTPORTS-IT – Port of Gdansk Szczecinskie Quay

TRAPIST – Terminal Planning Board TRAPIST – TPB – Port of Cork TRAPIST – Tivoli – Port of Cork - Port of Kokkola

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OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS IN SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED PORTS AND TERMINALS

Information Flow to / from and within the Terminal The Absence of extensive IT Support Cargo Flows to / from and within the Port or Terminal Layout of Land- and Maritime Approaches including Berths Position of in- and out-Gates Terminal and Yard Layout in conjunction with selected Cargo Handling Equipment

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OBJECTIVE

To develop a Methodology for Data Gathering and its general Representation to visualise and resolve operational Problems in Ports and Terminals

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An Object Oriented Relational Database An Electronic Terminal Planning Board

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THE OBJECT ORIENTED RELATIONAL DATABASE

The Partner Ports in TRAPIST and Freight Forwarders SPHERE, BALTPORTS-IT, TRIM, INFOLOG, BOBCOM, EUROBORDER, D2D, THEMIS, INTRA-SEAS, INTERPORT 24 FW4 and FW5 EU RTD Projects with emphasis on Freight related Data and Data Models used

Based on Information obtained from:

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The Data Model

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