| Along with the rapid development of container freight and large container ships, container terminals have to face more and more pressure of competition and operation. Decreasing the operation cost and increasing the handling efficiency of cargo have become the major goal for ports to pursue. Meanwhile, in order to tackle such problems, administrators of ports are gradually aware of the importance of reasonable configuration of handling equipments after the confirmation of handling technology. So it is necessary to study on the optimal configuration of handling equipments in container terminals. Through the optimal configuration of handling equipments, ports could achieve the maximum output with the minimum cost, and improve the competitive ability of their own.In this thesis, first of all, the writer introduced the knowledge of operating equipments and styles of handling technology in container docks. And then to find problems, which lay in the configuration and management of handling equipments, via analyzing the situation of configuration and usage. From the qualitative point of view, the writer issued the problems and methods that should be noticed in the choice of equipment and the configuration in quantity. In quantitative study, the main task was to obtain the reasonable quantity of devices. Two different quantitative methods, Comprehensive Cost Model in the stage of port planning and A Formula that could present the mathematical relation of possessed equipment amount, the efficiency of equipment in good condition and amount of equipment on duty, were employed in this research stage.Through the qualitative and quantitative studies, and testing the models via given data, analytic methods could solve problems about the optimal configuration of handling equipment in container terminals and reduce the quantity of equipment at ease. The operation cost in docks would be controlled effectively. The conclusion also became the useful reference for making decision in ports' management.
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