Loading Computer System

seacos MACS3 Version NET 1.1

STOWMAN

Manual

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Content

1 STOWMAN for Terminals Overview .............................................................................. 4

1.1 Common principles .................................................................................................. 4
1.2 STOWMAN for Terminals Features ......................................................................... 4
1.3 Information Flow in the STOWMAN for Terminals ................................................... 5
2 STOWMAN for Shipping Lines Overview....................................................................... 7
2.1 Common principles .................................................................................................. 7
2.2 STOWMAN for Shipping Lines Features ................................................................. 7
2.3 Information Flow in the STOWMAN for Shipping Lines ........................................... 8
3 Working with STOWMAN..............................................................................................10
3.1 Basic STOWMAN settings ......................................................................................10
3.2 Condition Tab Pages in STOWMAN for Terminals .................................................11
3.3 Condition Tab Pages in STOWMAN for Shipping Lines .........................................12
3.4 Crane Split Panel ....................................................................................................13
3.5 Crane Split Settings Page .......................................................................................15
3.6 Schedule Panel .......................................................................................................16
3.7 Planning Menu ........................................................................................................17
3.7.1 Planning menu in STOWMAN for Terminals ....................................................17
3.7.2 Planning menu in STOWMAN for Shipping Lines ............................................18
3.7.3 File Menu .........................................................................................................18
3.7.4 Weight Groups .................................................................................................19
3.7.5 Restower ..........................................................................................................21
3.7.6 Cranes..............................................................................................................22
3.7.7 Terminal Configuration .....................................................................................23
3.7.8 Deadspace .......................................................................................................25
3.7.9 Automatic Planning for Terminals.....................................................................26
3.7.10 Summary.......................................................................................................27
3.7.11 Color by Port Operations...............................................................................27
3.7.12 Operator Limits .............................................................................................28
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3.7.13 Operator Summary .......................................................................................29

3.7.14 Allocations in STOWMAN for Shipping Lines ................................................34
3.8 Crane jobs in Bayview ............................................................................................37
3.9 Settings for Planning mode in Belco/Settings .........................................................38
3.10 Planning Toolbar .................................................................................................40
3.11 Discharge and Loading Summary .......................................................................41

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1 STOWMAN for Terminals Overview

1.1 Common principles

STOWMAN for Terminals is innovative software, covering the terminals that provide the
handling and storage of containerized and general cargo. STOWMAN manages the
planning process of efficient loading, discharge and shifting/restow, and also checks the
arrival, discharge and intermediate loading conditions of the vessel.

Using the STOWMAN interface, the analysis of the cargo handling sequence is very fast.
The close integration with the Belco module and with the core of the seacos MACS3 system
provides rapid cargo compatibility checks and ship stability calculations.

Using STOWMAN as an integral part of the stowage planning process helps to ensure that
the stowage and crane operations sequence will be efficient. This can reduce the amount of
time spent in stowage planning significantly.

Note: You should be familiar with the seacos MACS3, Belco and Planning User Manuals
prior to reading this manual!

1.2 STOWMAN for Terminals Features

The STOWMAN for Terminals allows customers:
1) to pre-plan, efficiently manage and monitor the process of cargo handling on board
from arrival condition up to departure of the ship (including intermediate loading conditions
and real-time information)
2) to simulate the process of cargo loading & unloading
3) to check all loading conditions (ship's stability and strength, conforming of the
containers to each other and to the ship structure, possible stowage of reefer containers,

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and dangerous goods, proper cargo securing) according to the requirement of classification
societies.

1.3 Information Flow in the STOWMAN for Terminals

The influencing factors on the process of successful and efficient stowage process are:
1) Ship structure
2) Crane configuration and their performance
3) Cargo units (normal containers & reefers, general cargo), their geometry (e.g.
overdimensions), weight and distribution on board (with minimum deadspace),
handling instructions, and their content (e.g. Dangerous Cargo).
4) Tanks (optionally)
5) Securing materials and methods of their connection to the cargo (optionally).

There are several conditions available for each vessel:

a) Arrival condition (before discharge at this port)
b) Departure condition (the result of planning procedure)
c) PrePlan condition, based on information, received before arrival of the ship
d) Real-time condition (allows you to monitor the process of loading/discharge/restow,
based on information about the cargo on pier and on board, imported from terminal
cargo management system)
e) Simulation condition (allows you to see the loading condition at any point during
transition from arrival to departure condition)

Data, describing the mathematical model of ship structure are stored in *.dat and *.shp files.
Cargo units and tanks are stored in loading condition files (*.mxml) and can be entered
manually during planning or imported from UN/EDIFACT BAPLIE-files (*.edi) and PaCKage
files (*.pck), prepared by the previous Belco version. Securing materials and their
distribution are stored in loading condition files (*.mxml). Securing materials can be
assigned manually during planning strictly according to the Cargo Securing Manual or with

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optimisation. This information can be also imported from PaCKage files (*.pck), prepared by
the previous Belco version.
All conditions together (for single ship) can be stored in one *.mvoy file.

Cargo to Cargo to Cargo to

Discharge Restow Load DaGo
Database

Arrival
Loading Conditions seacos MACS3
Condition Cargo &
Manager Core
CraneSplit
Condition
Views
Check
PrePlan
Condition

Departure Report
Condition module

Simulation
Condition
Result
dialogs

Real-Time
Condition

Crane Ship structure

Terminal Monitoring
Configuration &
rd-
(3 party Software)
Cargo Securing

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2 STOWMAN for Shipping Lines Overview

2.1 Common principles

STOWMAN for Shipping Lines is innovative software, covering the services of shipping
lines that provide the planning of the handling and storage of containerized and general
cargo. STOWMAN manages the planning process of efficient loading, discharge and
shifting/restow during the voyage, and also checks the planned departure conditions of the
vessel for each port call.

Using the STOWMAN interface, the analysis of the cargo handling sequence is very fast.
The close integration with the Belco module and with the core of the seacos MACS3 system
provides rapid cargo compatibility checks and ship stability calculations. Using STOWMAN
as an integral part of the stowage planning process helps to ensure that the stowage and
crane operations sequence will be efficient. This can reduce the amount of time spent in
stowage planning significantly.

Note: You should be familiar with the Belco and Planning User Manuals prior to reading
this manual!

2.2 STOWMAN for Shipping Lines Features

The STOWMAN for Shipping Lines allows customers:
1) to pre-plan the process of cargo handling on board for port call sequence;
2) to perform semi-automatic planning according to user-defined allocation areas for
each port call;
3) to check loading conditions (ship‘s stability and strength, conforming of the
containers to each other and to the ship structure, possible stowage of reefer
containers, and dangerous goods, proper cargo securing) according to the
requirement of IMO and classification societies;
4) To save plans in EDIFACT formats (BAPLIE, MOVINS, COARRI, COPRAR)
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2.3 Information Flow in the STOWMAN for Shipping Lines

The influencing factors on the process of successful and efficient stowage process are:
1) Ship structure
2) Cargo units already on board and to be loaded from the pier (normal containers &
reefers, general cargo), their geometry (e.g. overdimensions), weight and distribution
on board (with minimum deadspace), their content (e.g. Dangerous Cargo) and
handling instructions.
3) Port call sequence
4) Crane configuration and their performance (optionally)
5) Tanks (optionally)
6) Securing materials and methods of their connection to the cargo (optionally).

The STOWMAN for Shipping Lines uses several loading conditions – one departure
condition per port call. It can be either pre-planned (for future port calls) or real (from
previous port calls) condition. The arrival condition (before discharge) for some port call is
assumed departure condition from previous port call. Each loading condition contains
information about cargo on board and on pier and use the crane configuration for quay,
specified in port call.

Data, describing the mathematical model of ship structure are stored in *.dat and *.shp files.
Cargo units and tanks are stored in loading condition files (*.mxml) and can be entered
manually during planning or imported from UN/EDIFACT BAPLIE-files (*.edi) and PaCKage
files (*.pck), prepared by the previous Belco version. Securing materials and their
distribution are stored in loading condition files (*.mxml). Securing materials can be
assigned manually during planning strictly according to the Cargo Securing Manual or with
optimisation. This information can be also imported from PaCKage files (*.pck), prepared by
the previous Belco version. The containers to load at port call can be imported from text
files to the pier window. All conditions together (for single ship) can be stored in one *.mvoy
file.

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DaGo
Database

Departure
Loading Conditions seacos MACS3
Condition for Cargo &
Manager Core
Port Call <A> CraneSplit
Condition
Views
Check

Report
…… module

Result
Departure
dialogs
Condition for
Port Call <Z>

Ship structure
&
Cargo Securing

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3 Working with STOWMAN

The STOWMAN software provides the following functionality:
 Conditions management and switching
 Crane information management
 Automatic decisions regarding discharged containers and restow
 Manual and semi-automatic (according to the pre-plan patterns) planning of single
containers and containers groups in selected areas
 Crane moves proposals
 Preparation of load und discharge lists
 Statistic reports
This functionality is implemented in the business logic of the STOWMAN module and is
accessible via the following elements of the User Interface:
 Conditions Tab pages
 BayView
 TopView
 Crane split & Schedule panels
 Planning menu and its dialogs

3.1 Basic STOWMAN settings

Please, ensure that in [BELCO] section of macs3.ini configuration file you have line
MultiVoyage=1 in case of STOWMAN for Shipping Lines or MultiVoyage=2 in case of
STOWMAN for Terminals.
You can set multiInstances=0 in [Init] section of macs3.ini, if you want to decide to work only
with one instance of the software (that means not more than one ship simultaneously). If
you are experienced planner, you can set multiInstances=1 – this enables you to plan
several ships simultaneously.

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3.2 Condition Tab Pages in STOWMAN for Terminals

Condition tab pages allow you to switch between loading conditions. Condition-specific
information is on-board and pier cargo, cargo securing, tanks information. Operations with
cargo (e.g. loading/discharging/shifting/restow) are non-condition-specific.

In the picture above 5 tab pages for 5 corresponding loading conditions are shown. These
conditions are:
1) Arrival condition is either a real departure condition, received from previous terminal, or
some estimated condition, which should be corrected later according to the real situation
on board. It can be loaded also prior to arrival at current port.
2) Preplan is an estimated departure condition for this port, prepared by central planner.
3) Real-time condition represents the actual state of the loading/discharge/restow process,
received from terminal information system, for the purpose of monitoring.
4) Departure condition is the resulting condition for the planning process. It is normally an
arrival condition where:
 containers with current port as destination port are discharged from board
(automatically by STOWMAN)
 all containers that prevent discharge of containers from a) are placed on pier for
future re-stow (automatically by STOWMAN)
 all containers that should be loaded and re-stowed at this port are loaded at
proper positions in order to provide optimal stowage, and (optionally) compatibility
with IMDG regulations and Cargo Securing Manual.
5) Simulation condition is a virtual loading condition which allows you to visually replay the
whole stowage process from arrival condition to departure condition, or to see the
loading condition at any point during transition from arrival to departure.

You can switch between conditions by pressing on the corresponding tab page. The
contents of the panels (e.g., of Bay View or Stability Panel) will be adjusted automatically.

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All operation related to the single loading condition are described in the User Manuals for
seacos MACS3, Belco and Planning Modules.

3.3 Condition Tab Pages in STOWMAN for Shipping Lines

Condition tab pages allow you to switch between loading conditions. Condition-specific
information is on-board and pier cargo, cargo securing, tanks information. Each tab page
corresponds to one port call, that should be defined in ―Tools/Port calls‖ dialog window prior
to planning.

In the picture above 10 tab pages for 10 loading conditions – each for departure from
corresponding port calls - are shown. Departure condition is the resulting condition for the
planning process. It is normally an arrival condition, i.e. the departure condition from
previous port where:
 containers with current port as destination port are discharged from board
(automatically by STOWMAN)
 all containers that prevent discharge of containers from a) are placed on pier for future
re-stow (automatically by STOWMAN)
 all containers that should be loaded and re-stowed at this port are loaded at proper
positions in order to provide optimal stowage, and (optionally) compatibility with IMDG
regulations and Cargo Securing Manual.

You can switch between conditions by pressing on the corresponding tab page. The
contents of the panels (e.g., of Bay View or Stability Panel) will be adjusted
automatically.

All operation related to the single loading condition are described in the User Manuals
for seacos MACS3, Belco and Planning Modules.

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3.4 Crane Split Panel

Crane split panel consists of two frames:
1) The upper frame displays the longitudinal section of the ship, including the number of
containers in each bay and tier and the number of containers involved in loading
(―in‖), discharge (―out‖), restow (―R/S‖), as well as hatch-cover(―HC‖) crane moves.
2) The lower frame displays the operation time scale, where the horizontal axis
represent the longitudinal dimension of the ship (bays) and the vertical axis
represents the absolute time between arrival and departure.

Cargo blocks moved by different cranes are represented by boxes of different colors (one
color for each crane) with number of loading and discharging cargo moves inside it. The up
arrow, directed to the ship, means loading operations, and the down arrow, directed from
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ship, means discharge operations. ‗W‘ in left corner of the move block means overweight of
containers, ‗O‘ means overlapping (e.g. cranes, operating with neighbor bays, can overlap).
Click right under the vessel sideview and select Auto Crane Split.
The crane split will be done automatically.
How to distribute moves per cranes:
-Select the cranes and click on move blocks

To print the crane split:

-Print sideview + cranechart

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3.5 Crane Split Settings Page

Start of operations
Length of ops
Start of ops
Selection of cranes

In Crane Split Settings Panel you can define following settings:

 default start time for cargo operations (normally it is the time of arrival),
 number of visible hours on vertical time axis in Crane Split panel
 cranes to use for cargo operations (normally the terminal cranes only), and start time
for each crane (if it differs from default start time)
 type of operation (loading after complete unloading of the ship or loading/unloading
simultaneously with different cranes)
 berthing side (portside or starboard)
 if loading and discharge operations should be started from berthing or from sea side
 if containers of the same bay group should be processed in vertical (stackwise) or in
horizontal (tierwise) direction
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if automatically generated sequence numbers (you can see them in ―Others‖ group box on
―Trade‖ tab page in the Cargo Editor window) should be used for loading, if they are
available.

3.6 Schedule Panel

The schedule panel shows either move blocks (parent view) or single moves for selected
move blocks (child view).

On the figure below the screenshot of the schedule panel in parent view mode is shown.
In this mode you can see move blocks and change following their parameters:
 Assigned crane
 Start and end time for the sequence of move block operations
 Delay after performing all operations (e.g. for relocating the crane to the bays for a
new sequence), in minutes

Red balloon with exclamation sign means warning: ‗OW‘ means overweight of containers,
‗OL‘ means overlapping (e.g. cranes, operating with neighbor bays, can overlap).
You can select the move blocks for all cranes or for a specific one by selecting crane in
combo box in the bottom left corner of the panel. You can combine move blocks (if possible)
by pressing the ―Combine blocks‖ button. You can print or export move blocks in Adobe
PDF format by pressing ―Print‖ and ―Pdf‖ buttons correspondingly.
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By double-click on selected move blocks, the schedule panel changes to the single moves
mode. Here single moves and involved containers for the selected move block are shown
(see the figure below):

You can change the order of moves by selecting the job and pressing ―Up‖ or ―Down‖
buttons. You can join two jobs (if possible) by selecting two neighbour row headers and
pressing ―Switch twin/tandem‖ button. You can split move blocks starting from selected one
by pressing ―Split block‖ button.
You can print or export moves in Adobe PDF format by pressing ―Print‖ and ―Pdf‖ buttons
correspondingly.

3.7 Planning Menu

3.7.1 Planning menu in STOWMAN for Terminals

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3.7.2 Planning menu in STOWMAN for Shipping Lines

3.7.3 File Menu

In ―File menu‖ you can:
 Save and Load Voyage (*.mvoy) files, containing information about all loading
conditions in one file. When you loading mvoy-files in STOWMAN for shipping lines,
the following notifications will appear for each port call: Alternatively, short voyage

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files (*.svoy) containing information only about 3 sequential port calls, can be used in
StowMAN for Shipping Lines

 Load Multiport Export list (in StowMAN for Shipping Lines only): the containers from
this file will be distributed among port calls automatically, depending on their POL.
 Load Arrival and Preplan Conditions for Terminals (normally BAPLIE or MOVINS)
 Load the Terminal export lists (containers, which should be loaded in this port). If the
container in the list never occurs in Cargo List, it will be added on pier (and, if the
position is available, also on board). If Cargo Unit with such Serial or Booking
number is already in the Cargo list, the existing information for this Cargo Unit will be
updated from the export list.
 Save results of voyage planning as EDIFACT file (BAPLIE, MOVINS, COARRI,
COPRAR).

3.7.4 Weight Groups

In the ―Weight groups‖ dialog you can define the maximal container weights for weight
groups. During planning the containers will be classified into their corresponding weight
groups if their weight does not exceed the weight limit for this group. Limits are separate for
20 and 40 feet containers.

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You can delete some weight groups by pressing the ―Delete‖ button.
You can add or edit the name and criteria for a single weight group by pressing the
corresponding ―Add‖ and ―Edit‖ buttons. In this case the following dialog box will be
displayed on the screen:

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3.7.5 Restower
In this window you can see the re-stowed containers, their old and new positions, serial
number, ports of loading and discharge, weight, operator.

The reason for restow, shift flag, cost object, internal number can be set in dialog window
―Restow details‖ after pressing ―Edit‖ button. If the container should be shifted (re-stowed in
one crane move without placing it on the pier), please check the ―Shifter‖ check box.

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3.7.6 Cranes
In this dialog window you can define the following parameters for terminal cranes:
 name and abbreviation
 performance in discharge and loading operations
 minimal distance to the next crane
 maximal working load
 Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) flag
 the flag, if the crane can be located independently (e.g. in case of crane on separate
rails)
 order on terminal (from left to right)
 flags for single, tandem, twin and quad lifts
 the colour for displaying on the Crane Split panel

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 To edit the properties of the existing crane press ―Edit‖ button.

 To add a new crane, press ―Add‖. In both cases the dialog box ―Crane details‖ will be
displayed.
 To add a crane that would have same particularities of the selected one, press ―Add
copy‖.

3.7.7 Terminal Configuration

In this dialog box you can define settings for the current terminal (its ISO Location and
Quay) and directories (local or on file server), which will be used for the loading and saving
of conditions.

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To set the format of yard position, press ―Yard Position Config‖.

The following dialog box will be displayed on the screen:

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In the above dialog box the following 10-characters format is defined:

―AbbBBBRRTT‖,
where:
A is YardArea (1 character)
bb is YardBlock (2 characters)
BBB is YardBay (3 characters)
RR is YardRow (2 characters)
TT is YardTier (2 characters)

3.7.8 Deadspace
The table on the right side of this dialog box shows the calculated deadspace – the stowage
positions, which cannot be used due to the one of the following reasons:
 odd sized cargo in neighbor stacks
 stack weight limit restrictions
 height restrictions
 exceeding lash forces
 General Cargo blocking the stack
The summary per operator and reason is showed in the bottom left part of the dialog.

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3.7.9 Automatic Planning for Terminals

Automatic planning is an automated process of filling the free places in departure condition
with pier containers according to the pre-plan pattern, and DaGo/Reefer/Weight criteria. In
the ―Automatic Planning‖ dialog box after selection of the weight criteria you can start the
planning by pressing ―Run‖ button.

You can select one from two weight criteria:

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 Weight group of cargo, associated with cargo location in PrePlan condition should
comply with the weight group of the current container on pier (weight groups can be
defined in ―Weight groups‖ dialog box), or
 Weight difference between the weight of the container on pier and the weight of the
pre-planned container in PrePlan condition.

3.7.10 Summary
This dialog window shows the summary of operated containers and moves per port call.

The columns of the table are container information for loaded, discharged and restowed
containers. All cargo units will be classified, depending on these criteria, and their
summaries (number of units, TEUs and weight, as well as number of specially handled
containers like DG, OOG, Reefer) will be shown in the corresponding cells. You can see the
list of the containers belonging to the cell by selecting and clicking on the selected cell.

3.7.11 Color by Port Operations

If this menu item is checked, cargo units in Bay and Layer Views will be displayed according
to the colors defined on the ―Port Operation‖ tab page in the ―Display‖ dialog box (available

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under ―Belco/Display‖ menu item). Otherwise, standard criteria, defined on ―Color‖ tab page
in the ―Display‖ dialog box (available under ―Belco/Display‖ menu item), will be used.

3.7.12 Operator Limits

In this dialog window you can define the TEU- and Weight-limits for the containers from
different operators.

By pressing ‗Add‘ or ‗Edit‘ button the new dialog window will be opened. There you can
specify the limitations of TEUs and of the total weight (in tons) for each operator:

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Partner operator means that in case if cargo of this operator is above the limit, the unused
allocations of Partner operator can be used (partner switch)

3.7.13 Operator Summary

In this dialog box you can check:
1) how many containers of each operator are planned for departure condition in each
port call during the voyage
2) if the TEUs limits or total weight limitations for containers of specific operators (see
3.7.12 Operator Limits) were exceeded — in this case the corresponding cells will be
painted in red.
In example below you can see, that at departure in ports Port-Said, Piraeus, La Spezia,
Tilbury and Hamburg the TEU limitations for the operator CSA were exceeded, and in
ports Port-Said and Piraeus the TEU limitations for the operator PON were exceeded:

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3.7.14 Merge with Terminal (StowMAN for Shipping Lines only)

This dialog box allows line‘s planner to compare his/her pre-stow plan with preliminary or
final plan received from terminal, and merge the information from both plans automatically
or manually.

First of all you should load the pre-stow (load the voyage file and switch to the departure
pre-stow of correspondent port call).
Since the quality of merged data cannot be better as the quality of source data, please
ensure using condition check, that all problems that could be resolved at the time are
resolved:

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After checking of pre-stow is completed, open the ―Merge with Terminal‖ dialog box using
Planning menu:

This dialog containers three main groups:

 Pre-plan group on the left side
 Terminal group on the rights side
 Comparison group in the middle

In both preplan and terminal groups all container will be splited according to their origin into
Remain-On-Board (ROBs) containers and Loaders.

Then load the preliminary or final departure file from terminal using ―Select Condition‖
button in Terminal group. File name and file processing progress will be shown

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After both condition are loaded and processed, the result of condition comparison will be
shown in comparison group the results are shown separately for ROB and Loaders. Cargo
units, that were in pre-stow, but are not in the terminal condition, are treated as rejected.
Cargo, that was not in pre-stow condition, but appears in the terminal condition are treated
as added.
ROBs are splitted according to their position (untouched and restowers)
Loaded container however, are splitted twice: not only according to their nature (ordinary,
specials and IMDG), and also according to their position (loaded to the same position as it
was in prestow or re-planned by terminal to another position on board).

At this point you can decide for either full automatic merge or make some manual
adjustments.
During full automatic merge information of ROB container will be taken from pre-stow. For
the loaders information about Dangerous Goods, Remarks and Booking numbers will be
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taken from preplan, other information – from terminal. Cargo position on board will always
taken from terminal condition.

If you want to make manual adjustments, please press ―Merge‖ button of the corresponding
cargo category in comparison group. Information that is different in prestow and terminal
conditions, will be highlighted: it will be red, if current source of this information item is
Terminal, and yellow, if this information was taken from prestow:

You can switch the source of information for any row or groups of rows by first selecting
corresponding cargo units in the list, and selecting the data source for specific information
item – if the source of conflicting item will change, its color and cell value will be also
changed.

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3.7.15 Allocations in STOWMAN for Shipping Lines

STOWMAN for Shipping Lines have the facility of semi-automatic stowage planning
according to the user-defined allocations for the pier containers. In order to set, clear and
modify allocations, there is an Allocation mode selector in Belco menu, and ―Allocation‖
Submenu in ―Planning‖ menu:

In order to create allocations for specific port of discharge:

1. Load export list to pier
2. Change to mode ‗Allocation‘ in Belco menu
3. Select 20 or 40 feet cell for specific POD at lower recap on pier

4. There are 3 ways of selecting cells in Bay View:

a) Left mouse button click to allocate all stacks above or below a hatch-cover,
b) Left mouse button click to select single stack on deck, located not on a hatch-cover,
c) Select the rectangular area of cells with pressed left mouse button.
Areas, allocated for 20 feet containers will be marked with light upward diagonal hatch
brush with colour of their corresponding port of discharge. Areas, allocated for 40 feet
containers will be marked with wide downward diagonal hatch brush with colour of their
corresponding port of discharge.

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Figure below contains allocation in one 20-feet bay with 3 hatch-covers for 3 different
PODs:
 In bottom hold tiers under portside hatch-cover and in outer portside stack on deck -
for 20 feet containers, that should be discharged in Antwerp (BEANR, pale green
colour); top tier in hold under portside hatch-cover and in inner portside stacks on
deck - for 40 feet containers with same destination;
 In bottom hold tiers under central hatch-cover - for 20 feet containers, that should be
discharged in Rotterdam (BEANR, aqua colour); top tier in hold under central hatch-
cover and in central stacks on deck - for 40 feet containers with same destination;
 In bottom hold tiers under starboard hatch-cover and in outer starboard stack on
deck - for 20 feet containers, that should be discharged in Le Havre (FRLEH,
medium orchid colour); top tier in hold under starboard hatch-cover and in inner
starboard stacks on deck - for 40 feet containers with same destination;

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In Pier recap the total allocations are recalculated:

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In order to delete allocations in specific vessels area:

a) Right mouse button click to delete allocations in all stacks above or below a hatch-cover,
b) Right mouse button click to delete allocations in single stack on deck, located not on a
hatch-cover,
c) Select the rectangular area of cells with pressed right mouse button.

In order to delete all allocations, select ―Clear Allocation‖ menu item in

―Planning/Allocations‖ menu.

In order to perform semi-automatic planning of pier containers according to previously

defined allocations, select ―Autoplan current POD by allocation‖ menu item in
―Planning/Allocations‖ menu. The allocations for the POD currently selected at pier recap
will be used to plan containers at pier automatically with all possible checks.

The menu item ―Save Allocation‖ saves allocations in mxml file. The menu item ―Load
Allocation‖ loads previously saved allocations from mxml file, allowing you to reuse
previously defined allocations, and to form the base of ―good‖ allocations.

3.8 Crane jobs in Bayview

In STOWMAN for Terminals the Mode selector in Belco menu contains additional item
―Crane jobs‖. After selecting this mode relevant crane job information will be displayed
inside each container.

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3.9 Settings for Planning mode in Belco/Settings

In this page of Belco/Settings dialog you can defined the settings, which are specific for
Planning mode:

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If ―Add sequence number‖ check box is active, the automatically increasing sequence
number will be generated. This number can be used in crane split for creation of crane
loading sequences in the same order, in which they were planned.

If ―Single selection at pier‖ is active, only clicked container will be selected when you click
on pier container. Otherwise, the clicked container and all container below in the pier list will
be selected.

If ―Use pier Recap as filter for Bay View‖ is selected, then you will see only containers for
selected POD/of selected operator, depending on ―Recap‖ menu item state in Pier context
menu. All other containers will be filtered out.

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If ―Filter in BayView: always show hazardous and reefers‖ is active, then DG- and reefer
containers will be always shown, even if they are filtered out by BayView filter.

If ―Enable planning in TotalView‖ is active, than you will we able to plan/unplan the
containers even in TotalView mode of BayView. Please note, that even on the middle size
vessels it can be difficult to trace operations visually, if all containers are displayed
simultaneously.

If ―Allow unplan of ROB‖ is active, than you will be able to un-plan the ROB Cargo, even
occasionally. Please be careful with this option and try to keep it unchecked until you plan
on-demand restowers.

If ―Default birthing side sb‖ is active, than the vessel will be considered as bithing not on the
portside, but on starboard.

If ―Shade ROB while planning‖ is active, than the container, remaining on board during this
port call will be shaded and not full-colored.

If ―Keep planned position while UpdateLoadList‖ is selected, then, if ―Double container is

checked‖ in Belco/Settings/Stowage is also active, while re-loading the Load List, the
positions of already planned containers will be transferred to the containers from new load
list.

3.10 Planning Toolbar

In the upper part of Container Group you will see the toolbar, providing easy access to most
frequently used menu items:

The toolbar contains following areas:

 File area with buttons for saving mvoy‘s, and for import/export operations.

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 Belco area with buttons for switching between Viewing/Planning Mode, Quick
Search on board, Undo Last step, List of DaGo on board, and for the lashing
according to the default lashing plan.
 Planning area with most important operations from planning menu: Restow List,
allocations, checks, ROB processing settings, etc
 Tools area with buttons for Port Call List, Condition Check, Merge with Terminal,
Print/PDF
 Bay View selector
 Color criterion selection area
 Text criterion selection area
 Filter criterion selection area

3.11 Discharge and Loading Summary

You can display and print-out the loading summary for current port of loading per POD, as
well as discharge summary per POL, using ―Statistic/Loading summary‖ and
―Statistic/Discharge Summary‖ (with optional filtering per Operator)

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3.12 Port reports (StowMAN for Shipping lines only)

One of the powerful features of StowMAN is the possibility to produce port-specific reports
in batch mode.
You can specify:
1. general report configuration (that will be port-independent),
2. report configuration for specific location, and even
3. quay-specific report configuration

On the figure above, there are:

1) two quay-specific reports for Eurokai und Burchardkai in Hamburg,
2) one report for the Port of Savannah in USA, and
3) one general report
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Beside location and quay, for each report you can define:
1) one or two PDF configuration,
2) (optionally) To, CC and BCC fields
3) (optionally) Format of the subject line
4) (optionally) Attachments in any of the formats, supported by MACS3
5) Compression (no compression; attachments only; all items)

To send the report, select ―Send Port reports…‖ item in ―Planning‖ menu. First of all
StowMAN will try the exact port/quay combination, then just port location, and then –
general configuration, where the location is not defined. The report creation progress will
be shown in notification window in right-bottom part pf the main display.
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