The container load planning is one of key factors for efficient operations of handling equipments at container ports. This paper presents the problem of determining the optimal loading sequence of the containers which a straddle crane (S/C) picks up f...
The container load planning is one of key factors for efficient operations of handling equipments at container ports. This paper presents the problem of determining the optimal loading sequence of the containers which a straddle crane (S/C) picks up for minimizing its total travel distance. To obtain a good solution with considerably small effort, a heuristic search procedure based on a symbolic genetic algorithm is developed. The performance of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated throught a test problem.