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A Novel Method of Island Port'S Transport: Automatic Guided Vehicle Approach

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Abstract

The Shanghai Yangshan Port, which is an island port with limited area, is only connected to the Shanghai's inland by Donghai Bridge whose condition cannot lay railways trucks. Meanwhile, empty-load backhaul and empty container balancing waste amount of transport resources. All these limit the port's future development and overall transport efficiency. This paper proposed a novel method that used the electric AGVs fleet to transport containers between island port and inland port (Luchao port), and reduced the empty-load transportation by using one AGV to carry an empty-load AGV. Hence, the inland port could be served as the second yard and the sea-rail intermodal hub of the Yangshan Port to promote the sea-rail combined transportation and expand the port's hinterland area. Then, exhaust emission, energy consumption and cost were analyzed. The results showed that using AGVs can reduce 50% of the total energy cost and 87% of the total CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, an AGV's total monthly costs were equivalent to a container truck when transporting 10 containers per day.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, ICITE 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages219-224
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538678312
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Oct 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, ICITE 2018 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 3 Sep 20185 Sep 2018

Publication series

Name2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, ICITE 2018

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, ICITE 2018
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period3/09/185/09/18

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

  • Automatic guided vehicle
  • CO2 emission
  • Combined transport
  • Empty-load transportation
  • Island port

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