SIMULATION OF LOGISTICS PROCESSES AT THE BALTIC CONTAINER TERMINAL: MODEL VALIDATION AND APPLICATION


Yuri Merkuryev 1, Vladimir Bardatchenko 1, Andrey Solomennikov 1, and Fred Kamperman 2
1 Department of Modelling and Simulation, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
merkur@itl.rtu.lv, vladimir.bard@btv.lv
2 Baltic Container Terminal, Ltd., Riga, Latvia
fred.kamperman@bct.lv

ABSTRACT: The paper considers development and validation of a simulation model of logistics processes at the Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) that operates at the Riga Port, as well as discusses possible ways of its practical application. The simulation model allows considering terminal operation at 3 different levels, related to: 1) containers transportation between BCT and its partner ports (i.e., movements of vessels); 2) processing vessels at the terminal quay; 3) processing containers at the terminal. This allows analysis (and further improvement) of using terminal resources at 3 different levels, i.e., the port level, the quay level, and the level of terminal technical resources. The paper mostly concentrates on the lowest-level model that allows separate modelling of each technological operation thus enabling the full control of each individual resource unit.

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