DEVELOPING AN OPTIMAL PLANNING SYSTEMS FOR SHIPYARD TRANSPORTER OPERATIONS

Doo-Yeoun Cho

Authors

Doo-Yeoun Cho Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Mokpo National University, Korea. Author

Keywords:

Ship Block Logistics, Transporter Optimal Planning, Shipyard, Shipbuilding, GIS

Abstract

In this paper, we developed a system that can automatically establish an optimal plan for the operation of a transporter responsible for block logistics in a shipyard and analyze the results. The system is developed to utilize geographic information, block and transporter data of the shipyard. The system is equipped with a convenient GUI for managing GIS-based shipyard maps, block transportation applications, and transporter management, and can automatically establish an optimal transportation plan that minimizes the empty running distance of the transporter. As a result of applying this system to an actual large shipyard, we verified the system’s effectiveness by reducing the empty driving distance of the transporter by more than 70% compared to the existing manual operation plan.

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