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    Berth Allocation and Container Yard Management

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    In thirteen pages changes as they affect berth allocation and container yard management are examined in terms of increased efficiency and sophistication. Twelve sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    with the responsibility of managing storage yards and berth allocation systems have been searching for a long while for ways to make the process and the fact more efficient.  The manager of one British port mused in 1991 that his port might be more attractive if all the berths were simply opened up to whatever ship happened by (Hill,  1991). The advent of container shipping has brought about the need for closer container yard management and efficient berth allocation, however. Businesses all over the world are seeking  ways to increase the efficiency of all aspects of their operation, and the most efficient ports can be expected to attract the greatest amount of international shipping business.  Goals of Yard Management and Berth Allocation Ports and berths were in relative short supply well before  the explosion in the globalization of business. Since the emergence of the "global market," however, conditions as they existed decades ago seem to container yard managers to be almost  luxurious in comparison. In the past, the goals of container yard management and berth allocation consisted largely of bringing ships to dock in  an orderly manner, relieving them of their cargo as effortlessly as possible, and then staging that cargo for further distribution. These essentially are the same goals that exist today,  though time moves much more quickly than in the past and there is much more ship traffic vying for the available berth spaces. Today, the goals of container yard  management and berth allocation can be summarized as one company offering computer software has suggested: * "Storage Area Profile Definition supporting all types of storage areas i.e. Organized Warehouse, 

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