Port Elizabeth terminal gate · Digital Twin

The gate's road network (OpenDRIVE + SUMO), traced on New Jersey's 2020 state aerial imagery and built from real truck passes. Simulated trucks loop in through the gate, wait in the yard where our trucks really wait, and leave through the out-gate, with booth and yard times calibrated to our trucks. Top left: one real truck visit on its dashcam, entering and then leaving, with the truck shown on the map. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom.
Real dashcam · one visit,
Imagery: NJ Office of GIS, 2020
Inbound (gate → yard) In the yard (container handling) Outbound (yard → exit) Simulated truck stopped at a booth or in a queue The real truck in the dashcam

What's in the map

Whole visit (minutes)

StretchReal p10 / med / p90Sim p10 / med / p90KS D

Yard time runs from leaving canopy E to reaching the out-portal. Yard dwell is fitted to our trucks' real visits; the drive through the yard comes from the map.

Gate lines

LineLanesReal time from previous line (median s)

Lane counts come from the booth spacing on New Jersey's 2020 state orthophotography (±2). Portal counts were taken by eye on the same imagery.

Real vs simulated gate times (seconds)

SegmentReal p10 / med / p90Sim p10 / med / p90KS D

Simulated at the fitting volume. KS D: 0 means identical distributions; below 0.25 is a close match for these sample sizes.

When does the gate jam?

Limits

  • Real data: our drayage trucks, Jul–Oct 2026, daytime only. Every path and timing comes from them.
  • Truck volume isn't observable from our fleet. The volume sweep shows what the real wait times would allow; pinning it needs gate transaction counts.
  • The yard is one waiting area along the main aisle where our trucks waited most. Real trucks are served at stacks across the whole yard.
  • Booth service is fitted as a stop at each canopy line. Real trucks creep forward in queues; the sim stops them in one go.
  • Lanes are per canopy, not per painted stripe. The open plaza between canopies is modelled as wide fan roads.
  • The layout is traced on New Jersey's 2020 state orthophotography (NJ Office of GIS). Changes to the booths since that flight aren't shown.
  • Faces in the dashcam clips are blurred. The camera stops uploading while a truck is parked, so the container loading itself isn't on video.