1.2.1.1 BPS

The Berth Planning System (BPS) is used to assist berth planner in allocating berthing space and quay cranes to vessels calling at a port, consequently generating a berthing plan for these vessels, aid the planner in monitoring the berth resources.

Berth Allocation

This module assists the planner in assigning berth space and quay cranes to vessels calling at the port.

Performing safety checks on berth plan

This module automatically performs safety checks on vessels when a berth is allocated to the vessel

Crane and wharf restrictions

This module provides the planner a simple way to mark out berth space or quay cranes that can not be used.

Generation of reports

This module generates berth charts and other reports, such as berth utilization, berth working summary and etc.

Monitoring of berth situation

This module receives update of berth allocation and berth application that will impact the berth plan.

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1.2.1.2 SPS

The Stowage Planning System (SPS) is a user-friendly, color-graphic system designed as a highly productive tool to assist ship planner in expediting the planning of stowage of container ships calling at the container terminal.

Define Vessel Static

This module is used to capture all data that reflect the static aspects of the vessel, such as vessel structure, vessel class, bay details and etc.

Import Dynamic Data

This module is used to capture all data that reflect the dynamic aspects of the vessel; it imports the EBP (Electronic Bay Plan) and port sequence.

Mark Stowage

This module is used to assist the ship planner to make graphical marking for discharge and load stowage on the cell plan.

Generate Crane Job Sequence

This module is used to allocate yard cranes for specified vessel voyage, devise the planned starting/ending job times for quay cranes and also generate load/discharge stowage job sequences. The system supports twinlift operation.

Stowage

This module supports both automatic and manual stowage modes. In automatic mode, system will proceed with automatic stowage according to stowage principles, export container information in accordance of marking for export stowage and allocated job sequence.

Compute vessel trim & stability

This module provides an efficient and user friendly tool for trim and stability calculations of the selected vessel/voyage.

Generation of Reports

This module provides facilities for ship planners to view and print various reports and summaries of the selected vessel/voyage, including yard shuffling, bay summary, crane sequence reports and etc.

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1.2.1.3 YPS

The Yard Planning System (YPS) is used to assist the yard planner to manage the container yard with multiple objectives of reducing yard shifting, improving equipment/yard utilization and eventually improving vessel turnaround.

Yard Profile Management

This module is the first stage of yard planning and concerns the management of physical/logical yard blocks.

Macro Plan

This module concerns the reservation of import/export yard cluster for vessels.

Micro Plan

This module concerns the assignment of yard ranges/location to containers based on the user-defined breakdown rule (such as, port, size, category, weight and etc).

Depot Planning

This module concerns assignment of yard ranges/location to the storage containers.

Post Planning

This module concerns generation of yard ranges and sending them to operation systems.

Exception Management

This module assists yard planner to detect and examine system exception on a real-time basis such as container information amendment, berth information modification and emergency gate-in container information and etc.

Generation of reports

This module concerns various types of reports to assist the yard planner, including: macro plan report, micro plan report and yard utilization report, etc.

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1.2.1.4 RPS

The Resource Planning System (RPS) is used to schedule the yard equipment, wharf equipment, prime mover and manpower resources as well.

Yard Resource Plan

This module assists planner to schedule the yard equipment, assign prime movers, specify the job priority and assign the manpower

Wharf Resource Plan

This module assists planner to schedule the quay crane and assign prime movers.

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