Bay Plan - Cost Optimization of Container Ships Stowage

Space is money - Bay Plan saves both.

• Cut port costs by minimizing restows

• Schedule restows for the cheapest port
• Reduce fuel costs by reducing ballast
• Increase effective fleet capacity
• Shorten the planning cycle
• Save port time by improving crane split

Benefits of Bay Plan

• Provides automated solutions for planning of

containership loading
• Minimises operational costs
• Minimises movements
• Gives staff time for problem solving &
making decisions
• Increases overall commercial potential for your fleet
• Meets safety constraints
Bay Plan - Optimization Programme

The Input

Initializing • Bookings from each port

• Cargo forecasts & port information

(No. of gantries available, cost per movement,
rate of movement per hour, gang cost per shift,
cost of lashing and unlashing per box).

Running • Present loading condition

Proposed Plan
Optimization
• Ship’s related parameters (Stability
tables, tank condition etc.)

The objective Some advantages

To reduce the operational costs of Prevents unnecessary blocking of space

containerships by minimizing : Enables last minute re-planning & recalculation
• Overstowage Ensures efficient weight distribution
• Time in port and Automates most of the planner’s routine manual work
• Loading/discharging costs. Gains time to permit earlier departures
 Bay Plan - Optimization Programme

The Output

Receiving a number of possible loading

solutions and the operating cost for each
solution.

By checking these solutions against

stability/trim/stress, the operator can choose the
optimal solution for the voyage and thus get:

* Bay plans to relevant loading terminals and

operation managers.

* Tank plans and other operational info for

ship’s command.

The advantages

Bay Plan and the planner form a good team that Optimum condition is the loading plan for
can produce optimum bayplans in minimum time which the operational costs for a complete
and with maximum savings voyage are minimal.
It takes 5 minutes to scan 10,000 solutions
Bay Plan - Cost Distribution Graph

Recent input suggests that voyage

operational expenses can be
reduced by up to 25% of the total
voyage cost, translated to savings
of many thousands dollars in
operational costs.
Graph of cost distribution v.s
solutions scanned
Bay Plan - Final & Best Solution

The best solution :

Saving time in port
Avoiding cost of re-handling