Toward a smart port congestion optimizing model

Actually, ports are in need to maximize their incomes. To achieve this, all their stakeholders should be involved to participate in the design and the development of a policy of scheduling and priority. This project was carried out by the Vessel Call Service Planning Service in the port of Tanger Med as the “Tanger Med Port Authority”, and this report summarizes the work done and the methods behind it. The main objective is to develop a simulator model that includes all aspects of operations and the operational process by selecting appropriate KPIs that are fully representative of the congestion transferred by port vessels. First, it aims to define the operating assumptions and the fundamental concepts on which our simulation model will be based and to present the data that were used for the implementation of the simulation as well as the origin of these data. Secondly, it aims to validate and calibrate the model by presenting some improvements that could be made to the simulator in order to make it more precise and more representative and to ensure automation of the processing of inputs and outputs. While towards the end we conclude with the presentation of congestion situations, the results obtained and their use in decision making.