Comparison of analytical and simulation planning models of seaport container terminals

Abstract

This paper discusses the major factors influencing the transfer efficiency of seaport container terminals. The objective is to utilise queuing techniques to draw inferences regarding strategies for a container terminal's service improvement by using analytical expressions. The model developed here is referred to as a batch‐arrival multi server queuing system and designated as a stochastic model. Later the model is compared with another analytical model and a simulation approach. A comparative analysis is performed on these models and results show that the analytical model can take the place of the simulation model.