1. ECMS 2005 Riga 1 st – 4 th June 2005 VISUALISING LAYOUT AND OPERATION OF A CONTAINER TERMINAL Authors Dr F A Schmidt- Maritime & Supply Chain Solutions (Europe) Ltd, UK Miss R Yazdani- University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK Mr R Young- University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK 1

2. ECMS 2005 Riga 1 st – 4 th June 2005 2 EU SPONSORED PROJECTS RELATED TO PORT OPERATION: - modelling and simulation EU Aims:  Spatial Development Perspectives,  Sustainable Development and  Balancing the Modes of (Freight) Transport SPHERE - 1996 – 99 - Initial Development of the Port Process Simulator BALTPORTS-IT - 2001 - 03 - Further Development of the PPS TRAPIST - 2002 – 04 - Development of the Terminal Planning Board

3. ECMS 2005 Riga 1 st – 4 th June 2005 SPHERE – Port of HarwichBALTPORTS-IT – Port of Gdansk Szczecinskie Quay TRAPIST – Terminal Planning Board TRAPIST – TPB – Port of CorkTRAPIST – Tivoli – Port of Cork - Port of Kokkola 3

4. ECMS 2005 Riga 1 st – 4 th June 2005 OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS IN SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED PORTS AND TERMINALS  Information Flow to / from and within the Terminal  The Absence of extensive IT Support  Cargo Flows to / from and within the Port or Terminal  Layout of Land- and Maritime Approaches including Berths  Position of in- and out-Gates  Terminal and Yard Layout in conjunction with selected  Cargo Handling Equipment 4

5. ECMS 2005 Riga 1 st – 4 th June 2005 OBJECTIVE  To develop a Methodology for Data Gathering and its general Representation to visualise and resolve operational Problems in Ports and Terminals ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~  An Object Oriented Relational Database  An Electronic Terminal Planning Board 5

6. ECMS 2005 Riga 1 st – 4 th June 2005 THE OBJECT ORIENTED RELATIONAL DATABASE  The Partner Ports in TRAPIST and Freight Forwarders  SPHERE, BALTPORTS-IT, TRIM, INFOLOG, BOBCOM, EUROBORDER, D2D, THEMIS, INTRA-SEAS, INTERPORT  24 FW4 and FW5 EU RTD Projects with emphasis on Freight related Data and Data Models used Based on Information obtained from: 6

7. ECMS 2005 Riga 1 st – 4 th June 2005 The Data Model 7

8. ECMS 2005 Riga 1 st – 4 th June 2005