Print Email Facebook Twitter Improving resilience in intermodal transport operations in seaports: A gaming approach Title Improving resilience in intermodal transport operations in seaports: A gaming approach Author Kurapati, S. Lukosch, H.K. Verbraeck, A. Brazier, F.M. Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Multi Actor Systems Date 2015-07-22 Abstract Seaports are crucial interfaces in global intermodal freight transportation networks. Their complex operations, connectedness to external stakeholders, and increasing volumes of goods to be handled make them vulnerable to internal and external disruptions. Research has shown that disruptions in seaports can cause undesirable ripple effects, which negatively impact the operations of the entire transportation network as well as the surrounding economical and societal well-being. Containerized transportation plays a major role in the global trade network. Resilience of seaport container terminals is therefore imperative for a resilient and robust intermodal transportation network. Communication, information sharing, alignment of plans, and shared awareness of unfolding disruptions among planners and decision makers within terminal operations have been identified as important elements to improve the resilience of container terminals. However, in practice, the inter-dependencies between various planning and operational activities, and alignment of solution strategies have been largely overlooked. Addressing this gap, a novel approach for creating awareness of potential strategies for disruption management by training competencies for resilient container terminal operations has been introduced in the form of a simulation game. Several test sessions of a multi-player tabletop game support the following two findings—first, the simulation game can be a useful means to train competencies for resilient transport operations from the perspective of the future planners and decision makers, as well as for soon-to-be professionals in container terminals. Second, the game may help participants to make choices that lead to resilient transport operations in container terminals. Subject simulation gamingresilienceintermodal transport operationscontainer terminals91C9968U3590B06 To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2695b8f5-483e-45b9-919d-9787c1041136 Publisher Springer ISSN 2193-9438 Source https://doi.org/10.1007/s40070-015-0047-z Source EURO Journal on Decision Processes, 3 (3), 2015 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2015 The Author(s)This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Files PDF Kurapati_2015.pdf 614.89 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:2695b8f5-483e-45b9-919d-9787c1041136/datastream/OBJ/view