Container terminals are complex dynamic systems intertwined with many activities. With the high demand of sea trade, container transportation has been the core of modern logistics, and container terminals are considered as key nodes of international transportation. The DSS presented in this study may help port authorities in determining more efficient allocation decisions within a container terminal. Further experiments are conducted based on data from the Port of Rotterdam. To show the practical application of the DSS, a comprehensive case study from a Turkish container terminal considering the current state and future expansion plans that also provides an indication of the usability aspect of the program on other ports around the world has been conducted. Consequently, this study provides a DSS, built by a dynamic discrete-event simulation model embedded with an optimization tool that determines the priority controls for the berth allocation to the calling vessels. Terminal managers demand for effective decision support systems that would aid them with the allocation problem considering service priorities. The allocation of berths to the calling vessels is complex with the fact that different service level requirements are required for different vessels. This paper presents a decision support system for the core problem of berth allocation decision in a container terminal.
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