COSMA
Container Operation System for Management and Administration
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Objective
Support of the container management and transparence of the working process
The greater the annual throughput of a container terminal, the harder the management and administration of the container volume.
So the working process gets transparent and the terminal operator has at any time access to information, like the actual terminal stock, optionally differentiated by imported and exported containers, sorted by order number, arrival time, ship owner or container type. Every information according to a container in a terminal, number of container, for example, weight, destination point, dimension and capacity, can be recalled by the COSMA system as well as any general evaluation of bookings according to different criteria.
The aim of COSMA system is to support the user in the container management. This starts with the administration of vessel arrivals, goes on with the booking and evaluation of the container movements and ends with a complete stacking area administration of the container terminal.
Management
- booking of containers
- management of master data
- information about containers
- evaluation of container movements
Planning
- general booking information according to various criteria
- evaluation of current container stock optionally differentiated by arrival time, ship owner or container type etc.
Visualisation
- design of any container stacking area including any container slot
- show current slot allocation in 3D at any time
Container management
The administration of the vessel arrivals facilitates the preparation for future vessel discharging and loading processes. Loading lists that are already forwarded to the terminal before a vessel arrives are processed by the COSMA system, which makes it possible to enter the expected container movements as a so-called advance booking. This makes it possible to prepare the pre-stacking of the export containers for a definite vessel, which reduces the duration of the vessel services, and speeds up the booking procedures after the vessel services.
With the aid of advance bookings, booking lists can be generated and used for a smooth operation in the terminal stacking area.
Quay side and land side (differentiated between truck and rail operation) container import and export movements are booked separately. This makes it easy to generate lists containing the actual data needed by terminal operators, shipping agents, forwarders etc.
Evaluation
As all terminal specific processes are handled by the same system, a detailed evaluation of these processes is possible. Consequently, the complete operation process becomes transparent and the terminal operator gains access to information about e.g. the actual container stock at any time, optionally differentiated between import and export containers, which are ordered by arrival time, container type, order number or shipowners.
With the COSMA system it is not only possible to retrieve any information about each container stacked on the terminal like container identification, weight, destination, size and content, but it also provides general booking information analysed according to various criteria.
Stacking area administration
In addition to the specific functions for container booking, the COSMA system contains a complete stacking area administration. With COSMA, it is possible to design any container stacking area including each container slot.
The stacking area plan is used to show the user the actual slot allocation in 3D at any time.
It provides not only a total overview all containers currently stacked, but also a view into a single container stack level.
By mouse click onto a slot within the 3D model, the user receives detailed information about the container just selected.
There are print functions for the complete stacking area, optionally as a block or level by level, as well as for all booking lists and miscellaneous container movement evaluations.
Animation
Following examples of movies arrange a good impression of 3D illustrations of a wished terminal layout and stock allocations:
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Working with COSMA
Following examples of movies arrange a good impression of working with COSMA:
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| Management of master data, vessel arrivals, management of containers, as well as evaluation, stock management and reading and writing of information - short | Download (4,8 MB) |
| Management of master data, vessel arrivals, management of containers, as well as evaluation, stock management and reading and writing of information - detailled | Download (11,6 MB) |
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Management of master data Management of vessel arrivals Container management Evaluation Stock management Reading and writing of information |
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