OVERVIEW

The teaching unit aims at providing the basic concepts on transport systems and logistics systems.

Particular attention will be paid to maritime transport and logistics port operations.

In particular, the teaching unit provides the capability to represent, simulate, and optimize goods and people flows in both the "sea side" and "land side" of port terminals.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching unit aims at providing the basics of transport systems and logistics, with a particular focus on maritime and port related operations. More in detail, the course will provide the capability of assessing the performance and designing the functional characteristics of freight and passenger terminals by means of modelling, simulating, and optimizing tools, both form the seaside and ground-side points of view. Technical, economic, and environmental aspects will be also considered.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendance and active participation in the proposed training activities (lectures and laboratory activities) and 
Individual study will allow the student to:

• analyze and understand the dynamics of transport and logistic systems 
• formalize and analytically solve simple problems related to transport and logistic systems
• formalize and simulate complex transport and logistic systems such as maritime terminals for cargo and passengers, as well as analyse and discrete their performance

PREREQUISITES

The following basic knowledge are required to profitably attend the teaching unit: Basic calculus and optimization

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures consist of classes (60%) and laboratory activities (40%)

Working students and students with certified SLD (Specific Learning Disorders), disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination arrangements so to take into account individual learning patterns, while respecting the teaching objectives.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The teaching unit is articulated in three main topics:

1. Basics on transport systems
   • Transprt supply with focus on maritime transport: models and congestion
   • Transprot Demand: (zonization and origin-destination matrices)
   • Demand/supply interaction
2. Basics on Discrete Event Systems (DES) and their simulation approaches
3. Basic on port operations:
   • Equipment and material handling system of terminals and warehouses
   • Ship and terminal simple operations (e.g., berth allocation, import/export cycles, combined cycle)
   • Complex port operation: simulations and performance assessment

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Basics bibliography:

Notes provided the teacher

Insights:

• M.G. Burns, Port Management and operations, CRC press, 2015
• J. Banks, J.S. Carson, B.L. Nelson, D. M. Nicol, Discrete-Event System Simulation, 5th Edition, Pearson, 2010

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

NICOLA SACCO (President)

ALICE CONSILVIO

ANGELA DI FEBBRARO

DAVIDE GIGLIO (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/10948/p/studenti-orario

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will consist of a test on theory (weight: 1/3 of the final mark) and practical activity on the simulations (weight: 2/3 of the final mark).

Students with learning disorders ("Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento", DSA) will be allowed to use specific modalities and supports that will be determined on a case-by-case basis in agreement with the delegate of the Engineering courses in the Committee for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

With the test, it will be assessed:

• the student's knowledge of the lecture topics

With the practical part of the exam, it will be assessed:

• the student's capability to formalize maritime transport problems 
• the student's capability to perform simulations to estimate the performances of freight and passenger terminals

Exam schedule