Download - Container Terminal Management System (CTMS)
Presented By-
Abhijeet Kendole
CONTAINER TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CTMS)
ABOUT CTMS• CTMS is state-of-the-art application software for operating a modern container terminal serving
international shipping lines.
• CTMS is a complex software suite designed to automate the entire operations in a container terminal
• It makes use of Internet technology for easy access by clients of the terminal and exchange of data files through EDI messaging.
• The system is capable of automatically managing container handling equipment and personnel, efficiently scheduling tasks and supervising current operational demands.
• It provides container yard management, paperless document circulation, container tracking and tracing via GPS and data interchange in real-time mode
• The system is designed using Object Oriented Methodology and is entirely coded in Java programming language to ensure easy maintenance and future enhancements.
• The system enables companies to reduce the time and costs of container processing.
CSTM OVERVIEW
CTMS SUBSYSTEMS
• Yard management
-Automatically search optimal stowage for inbound containers before loading them on assigned means of transport.
• Load/discharge management
-Quick vessel load using cost-efficient technology considering relevant factors such as container type, weight, destination, status etc. Data input from various sources (central management system, cargo plans and others.)
-Position detection system
-Monitor CHE and containers move in the yard and provide container status report in real time mode.
• Electronic identification
-Verify trailers arrival at a certain destination in the yard.
-Reduce trailers downtime waiting in lines; lessen manual input through the RF terminal keyboard when operator checks trailers content.
• RF equipment
-Support dialogue mode between management system and personnel.
-Record on exact beginning and completion time of every task fulfilled by operator.
CTMS CAPABILITIES
• Operatively plan container move
• Monitor container moves
• Optimize labour and manage workflows of all types of container handling equipment
• Minimize hand operations while planning cargo, load/discharge operations, send
• Computerized solutions of analytical tasks while planning
• Reduce downtime (delay) of vessels, trucks and trains
• Receive accurate information on container allocation
• Plan container stow areas
• Group containers under various characteristics considering space optimization
• Plan personnel occupancy
FEATURES OF CTMS
• Creation of customer particulars, vessel particulars, voyage particulars and other details of shipping lines and their agents, as well as other customers of the container terminal
• Graphical screen to display vessel stowage and yard occupancy
• Ship planner can use these screens to plan discharge and loading sequences by “rubber-banding” and drag-n-drop” groups of containers between ship and yard
• Printing of container discharge list, container load list and special container list after shipping planning is done
• Creation of import and export container details from Deliver
• Order and Shipping Order brought to the terminal by forwarding agent
• Updating of Customs release status for import and export container
• Capturing of entry and exit of containers at the gate and printing of EIR at exit with inspection details of container
• Computation of charges for shipping agents and forwarding agents and printing of bills for these customer
• Printing of operational performance reports for review by container terminal manager
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