A Petri net model for simulation of container terminals operations

Abstract

In this paper a model to simulate the operation at a container terminal is proposed. In our model the terminal is assumed as a system that has to be designed and/or controlled in order to achieve the best performance on the basis of the existing resources. The terminal itself is assumed to be a node of the existing freight intermodal network that could improve his reliability from improving the performance of the activities at the nodes. From the theoretical standpoint the model has been based on Petri Net.