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Mining and Transhipment Modelling and Simulation, AustraliaClient: International Commercial Shipping Organisation Background: •The client hauling ore from an Australian mine to a shore-side loading facility then for transhipment to awaiting Ocean Going Vessels. A channel allowed the transhipper access to a loading facility; however the channel was only accessible during acceptable weather conditions and with an appropriate transhipper load taking into account high tide. •We were tasked to perform a logistics chain review of the operation using Discrete Event Simulation (FlexSim was used for this study). A shipping analysis provided the client with a detailed understanding of how to optimize throughput for the mine. What it delivered: •Vessels modelling in terms of their physical characteristics such as capacity, speed, and load time •Environment modelling based on route and probabilistic weather events •Demonstration of the efficacy of a given vessel by running the model over a period of months or years •Options analysis for increased mine throughput - upgrade current vessel, replace current vessel with a new or existing vessel, maintain current vessel and use secondary vessel for support, dredge channel to reduce tidal delays •Transhipment process evaluation in terms of ore throughout quantity and speed, stockpile capacity, berth usage and requirements •Statistics are output from the model after running the scenarios over an extended period, this includes - but is not limited to: throughput, time spent travelling, time in maintenance, time idle, number of trips, expenditure |