Vladeta S. Colic

Some aspects of storage and bulk queueing systems in transport operations

This paper deals with the storage of unit loads and break‐bulk cargo within transport systems or, more precisely, within public and port storage locations as queueing systems with bulk arrivals and a single service. The bulk arrivals are represented by groups of unit loads as homogeneous units, these being pallets, containers, boxes, cases, bales, bags, slabs, ingots, etc. The service is performed by the storage facilities with forklifts, tractors, cranes, lifts, etc. An analytical methodology for the design of storage operations is developed using the determination of the mean service position of a unit load within the arrival group in the queue for the storage service.

Technical-technological characteristics of ports on Serbian inland waterways

This paper reviews the current state of ports on Serbian inland waterways with their main technical - technological characteristics.

APPLICATION OF DEA METHOD TO INTERMODAL CONTAINER TRANSPORT

Abstract In order to make better assessment of intermodal container transportation, the authors have analyzed DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) method in deciding the most favorable container line from Serbian ports to the near East ports. To allow for applications to a wide variety of activities, term organization unit (Decision Making Unit – DMU) refers to container line. DEA Method has been used to give the estimation of efficiency of operations in organization units. Organization units are container lines in which containers are loaded with mineral water in bottles. The main points in transportation net are factories of mineral water (Knjaz Milos Arandjelovac and Minaqua Novi Sad), Serbian ports ( the Port of Belgrade, the Port of Danube Pancevo and the Port of Prahovo) and nine Mediterranean ports in the near East area. Amount of mineral water that is dispatching from factories to Serbian ports is equal to amount that can be loaded to one container. Having containerized in Serbian ports mineral water i...