Appointment of container drayage services: A primary literature review

Truck arrival appointment for the purpose of traffic congestion relief has attracted much academic attentions. Therefore, this paper presents a primary literature review on the research addressing appointments of container drayage services. The review is organized from four aspects as follows: the basic appointment problem at gates with or without considering yards, the problem considering trucking companies, the problem considering timetables of vessels, and the performance analyses of appointments in applications including the reasons why existing appointment methods cannot be applied widely. Finally, several potential research directions are provided.