MODELING OF MARINE CONTAINER TRANSPORT SYSTEM ON THE BASIS OF THE MATHEMATICAL APPARATUS OF THE GRAVITY MODEL
The Maritime transport system are the main and leading form in the system of transporting goods. When solving predictive problems in Maritime transport system it is necessary to use simulation, particularly simulation. There are various methods of modeling the flows of goods among which this article proposes the application of gravity models with calculation of matrix correspondence in relation to the transport of containers. The correct choice of this methodology is due to a large number of initial data that describe in detail the marine transportation system and the possibility of expansion of this technique. Under the extension refers to the ability to host the schemes ‘dry ports’ cargo and container terminals and other container lines that work on this site. The method allows to determine the most loaded elements of the transport system. Despite this the proposed method involves the calculation of a large number of matrix correspondence of containers between ports that manually is quite difficult therefore the article presents the developed instrument. The article provides an example implementation of the Maritime transportation system on the example of container line APL c switching terminals are involved in the process of shipping containers.