| Author | Oey, Elia |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IE-94-31 |
| Subject(s) | Harbors--Simulation methods
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IE-94-31 |
| Abstract | A port can be viewed as a complex system and a decision support tool that would help in
evaluating and improving the operation of port activities that would be helpful for management.
However, the complexity in behaviour together with the large amount of interrelated variables
involved and the stochastic nature of the port system makes the analysis of the system behaviour
difficult without the help of computer simulation. The objective of this study is to determine the
capacity limit and performance of a particular industrial port system, i.e.: Mab Ta Phut Industrial
Port, Rayong, Thailand, and investigate how the current port system will behave under future
expansion using simulation approach. The simulation model will include the front-of-port
operation, i.e.: ship operation module, that start fmm ship arrival until its departure, and the backof-port operation module, i.e.: cargo handling, warehousing & inland transportation module, that
start from cargo arrival at the wharf up to its distribution to the owner. The modelled industrial
port has its special characteristic in te1ms of its function to handle two different kinds of cargo,
i.e.: general and liquid cargo. The modelled port has a general cargo berth that can accommodate
at most two 20,000 DWT vessels and a liquid cargo be1th that can accommodate at most two
50,000 DWT vessels. The model is expected to be able to show the interaction among these berths
towards the overall port performance under current operation and future expansion possibility.
The simulation study uses SIMPLE++ software that accommodates both the material and
information flows encountered in the system and view the system as consisting of objects in
hierarchical form. |
| Year | 1994 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IE-94-31 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Tabucanon, Mario T. ;Pastijn, Hugo
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| Examination Committee(s) | Somchet Thinaphong ;Kuehn, -Ing. Wolfgang |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Belgium; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1994 |