Title: Metaheuristic approaches for scheduling the Trieste-Fernetti pickup and delivery service

This work presents two metaheuristic optimization methods that are designed and developed to assist a shuttle service process for the case of the port of Trieste and the dry-port of Fernetti. The process is applied on simulated, yet realistic data, gathered in the context of the SAIL Marie Curie Project corresponding to probable operational every-day scenarios. The results suggest that a satisfactory solution can be achieved with more than one metaheuristic optimizers, providing a valuable tool to the personnel for handling container flow.