Frontiers in Marine Science · 2026
Collaborative Scheduling of External Container Trucks and Yard Cranes for Resilient Port Operations
Abstract
This paper develops a collaborative scheduling optimization model for external container trucks and yard cranes under partial information availability, minimizing relocation cost, crane movement cost, and truck waiting cost to improve resilient port operations.
Highlights
Partial information appointment scenario
Improved particle swarm optimization (RCHGLBPSO)
Multi-scale experiments and sensitivity analysis
Operational resilience under uncertain arrivals
Keywords
automated terminalcollaborative schedulingcontainer relocationtruck appointmentPSO