The Quay Crane Scheduling Problem (QCSP) is a major concern in ports and container terminals. It aims to minimize vessels and quay completion time by organizing the sequence of loading and unloading processes. The formulation is developed for the QCSP by taking into consideration a berth with multiple vessels and the solution methodology is presented for a numerical example using the General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS), a commercial optimization software. The main objective of the paper is to minimize the entire processing time for all vessels.
['Kalthoom Al Awar', 'Mohamed Alawani', 'Shamma Al Jaberi']
A multi-vessel quay crane scheduling problem