Import containers arrive en masse at a container terminal in a containership and are eventually delivered to the consignees one y one, after staying in the terminal for a certain time. And export containers are received one by one from the hinterland ...
Import containers arrive en masse at a container terminal in a containership and are eventually delivered to the consignees one y one, after staying in the terminal for a certain time. And export containers are received one by one from the hinterland to a container terminal by trailer. So distribution of export containers received from the hinterland and of import containers delivered to consignees for given time is important for container inventory analysis. And most container ships services are usually based on fixed day, weekly service, so we and consider the container terminal inventory level has similar tendency every week. In the paper, the container inventory levels are theoretically analysed on the assumption that the distributions of receiving or delivering of containers are exponential distribution. And the container inventory levels are investigated using data obtained from container terminal operating company.