Presents state of the art in Seaport Container Terminal (SCT) planning and decision making at strategic level.

Provides basic and key insights in maritime logistics, civil and mechanical engineering in the field of SCT, strategic and partly operational terminal management, business informatics, and ship navigation at ports and channels

Contributors are leading figures in SCT research and practice

Part I Introduction.- Chapter1. General Considerations on Terminal Planning, Innovations and Challenges.- Part II Basic Aspects.- Chapter2. Advanced Simulation Technology in Planning, Implementation and Operation of Container Terminals to Cope with the Varying Challenges Caused by the Shipping Industry (Holger Sch¿utt).- Chapter3. Modeling Techniques in Planning of Terminals: The Quantitative Approach Ensuring planning becomes reality - even in challenging times (Yvo A. Saanen).- Chapter4. Comparison of Fleet Size Determination Models for Horizontal Transportation of Shipping Containers using Automated Straddle Carriers (Bani Anvari, Apostolos Ziakopoulos, James Morley, Dimitris Pachakis,and Panayotis Angeloudis).- Chapter5. Automation and Electric Drives (Joan C. Rijsenbrij and Armin Wieschemann).- Chapter6. From Digitalization to Data-Driven Decision Making in Container Terminals (Leonard Heilig, Robert Stahlbock, and Stefan Voß).- Chapter7. Pavements for Container Terminals (David Schnabel).- Chapter8. Quay Wall Structures in Container Sea Ports and Influences on the Design (Jan Meyer).- Chapter9. The Value of a Cluster and Network Orientation for Container Terminals (Peter W. de Langen).- Chapter10. The Impact of Air Emissions Regulations on Terminals (Orestis Schinas).- Part III Seaside Access & Terminal Quayside.- Chapter11. Cost and Performance Evaluation Impacts of Container Ships on Seaport Container Terminals - An Update.- Chapter12. Ensuring Navigational Safety and Mitigate Maritime Traffic Risks while Designing Port Approaches and Ship Maneuvering Areas (Hans-Christoph Burmeister).- Chapter13. ITSS - The Integrated Terminal Ship System (Johannes March).- Chapter14. Planning Approach for Quayside Dimensioning of Automated Traffic Areas and Impact on Equipment Investment (Michael Ranau).- Chapter15. Raising Efficiency of Straddle Carrier Operations by Twin Container Handling (Ren¿e Eisenberg, Thomas Koch, Marcel Petersen and Frank Wagner).- PartIV Planning Area.- Chapter16. Container Rehandling at Maritime Container Terminals: A Literature Update (Marco Caserta, Silvia Schwarze, and Stefan Voß).- Chapter17. State-of-the-art Yard Crane Scheduling and Stacking (Nils Kemme).- Chapter18. Comparison and Optimization of Automated Yard Crane Systems at Container Terminals (Ulf Speer and Kathrin Fischer)Chapter19. Optimal Stack Layout Configurations at Automated Container Terminals Using Queuing Network Models (Debjit Roy and Ren¿e de Koster).- Part V Terminal Landside & Hinterland Access.- Chapter20. Port Feeder Barges as a Means to Improve Intra-port Container Logistics in Multi-terminal Ports (Ulrich Malchow).- Chapter21. Drayage Port - City Trucking (Jens Froese).- Chapter22. Port and Dry Port Life Cycles (Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios).- Chapter23. Flashlight on Intermodal Transport Innovation in European Seaport Hinterland (Thore Arendt).- Chapter24. Importance of Hinterland Transport Network Structures for SeaportContainer Terminals - An Update (Joachim R. Daduna and Robert Stahlbock).