Abstract
We propose an allocation planning method for the transfer crane (RTG: Rubber Tired Gantry crane) in a container terminal. The proposed method has two characteristics. The first is to consider the interference among the RTG such as deadlock and blocking. The second is to reschedule the assignment and the routing to the RTG already planned if it is possible to minimize the total traveling time of all the RTG. The second one is for the case where RTG waiting for work obstruct RTG at work or traveling. We take the example to show that the proposed method is incorporated into a yard operation and the system is constructed. We consider that the proposed method is easy to apply to the automated container terminal that is expected to introduce unattended RTG in the future because the proposed method is possible to output the traveling route of each RTG.
