A Simulation Model for the Container Unloading Process from Ship to Yard in Maritime Terminals

This work addresses a proposal for the process of container unloading from ships to terminal tractor through reach stacker cranes inside of a container terminal. The aim is to analyze the process using a simulation system through the Arena program, in which all activities have a consignee time, to get a productivity level of the resources involved, in accordance with the set operations up in a container terminal, it is also complying with the client requirements. The design of this model has as the purpose to analysis and improvement the unloading process of 1000 containers from a ship to the different zones in a terminal and identify the resources required for the efficient development of the operation corresponding to the maximum use of resources and compliance with the 16 h required by the operation. For the development of this operation, the program is expected to perform an analysis of the unloading process. By designing this simulation system, the terminal seeks to know the number of resources to be assigned for the complete maneuver, as well as their time of use, without the need to make an investment, due to the model’s capacity to predict the real operation.