BAS at Its Best
BAS is the Cosmos tool to guide you in a graphical way through the complex process of mooring vessels. It offers the berth planner a number of nice features to assist him in planning a call in space and time as optimally as possible.
Mooring situations can change very frequently on a high-performance container terminal. This very flexible, graphical interface assists any authorized user to easily fine-tune his current workload to the new situation.
Berthing situation, yard occupation, driving distance and forecast information are only a few of the features offered to assist the planner in planning the call. BAS gives him an overall picture of the past, present and future berthing situation and of the vessels calling at the terminal.
Moving vessels to another berthing zone, assigning less or more cranes and many other basic actions are just a matter of drag and drop. The default template, containing all the relevant information you are interested in, helps you in taking adequate decisions in no time. All these functions are built into BAS 2.0.
What BAS offers you
- Graphical innovation
- Communication
- Integration
- Optimization
- The BAS 2.0 Berth Allocation View -
Graphical innovation
The whole new graphical concept of the Berth Allocation View considerably improves and simplifies the way to plan vessels on the quay with a highly intuitive graphical user interface.
Berth Allocation View
You can open different instances of the Berth Allocation View and organize them on your screen the way which suits you to obtain the best possible overview. The precision of the Berth Allocation overview can be configured both in time and in space.
The introduction of bars and the way to display, hide, move and configure them makes it really straightforward to display only relevant information.
Zooming in and out by scrolling the mouse or hitting specific keys on the keyboard helps you to display exactly that part of the Berth Allocation View you want to view in a simple and straightforward way.
You decide whether you want to display the future berth situation at the top or at the bottom. Even the quay can be shown as seen from the water or from the yard. Toggle to flip either the space or time axis.
Space and time indications, which are projected (in light blue) onto the vertical or horizontal bars, are a great help in accurately planning the vessels since they graphically indicate for how long a specific location will be occupied.
Another neat feature is the space and time lag indication between different items on the Berth Allocation View. When more than one Berth Allocation Box is selected, the system calculates the distances between them, both in space and time, to help you make sure the minimum distances between vessels are kept free. Distance both in space and time is indicated by means of a black double arrow with a yellow label. These distances are set against the Basic Data values for minimum distances between the Berth Allocation Boxes.
Berth Allocation Boxes (BABs)
These boxes are used to graphically show the berth space a vessel occupies and the time it is moored. Moving a Berth Allocation Box is easy by dragging it to its correct position. Adjustable snap time intervals make it even more accurate.
- Detailed Graphical View with Berth Allocation Boxes -
BABs are displayed in specific colors, which are assigned according to the vessel call’s status. Commonly used filters and color codes are:
- Berthed/expected/departed vessels
- Planned in default berthing zone or not
- Locked or not
Arrow indications are introduced to stress the fact that some BABs still continue outside the displayed window. Available information automatically scrolls down to remain in view.
Outages
Anything happening on a terminal and affecting the operations is worth registering, even important events and delays, being it for out of order cranes or quay maintenance or any other reason. Besides providing a clear graphical overview, the outage functionality helps avoiding miscommunication between operational and maintenance people.
Used Volumes
BAS provides different types of volumes (pro-forma volume, historical volume, announced volume and manifested volume) allowing the BAS user to make a prognosis about the Calculated End of Operations (CEO), even if the exact call figures are not known yet.
Property Box
All available data about the different lists and boxes on your screen is easily accessible via the Property Box. You decide which data is shown in this box and how it should be organized.
Berth Allocation List
The Berth Allocation List is the list of all vessel calls available in BAS. It is user definable, meaning that you can select the columns you want to see and hide the less relevant ones. Colors are used to indicate the status of the vessel calls and the list can be sorted, grouped and filtered on all visible columns. When a call is selected in the list, the corresponding Berth Allocation Box is selected on the Berth Allocation View.
- Berth Allocation List -
Ideal Mooring Position
Based on the information of containers to be loaded, BAS will also calculate the approximate driving distance of the terminal equipment, thus determining the ideal mooring position for each vessel call.
- Ideal Mooring -
Communication
Faster and more accurate communication between berth planners and other parties, be it on the terminal or elsewhere, adds up to a more productive vessel process. Mailing berth plans, printing or publishing them on a specific site improves communication and can easily be done with a few simple clicks.
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- Berth Plan -
Integration
BAS 2.0 will interface with other components of your terminal suite, which will save a lot of manual input for the applications involved. Assigning cranes in BAS, for example, will provide the input for the HR department to order gangs. Keeping track of the crane working hours in BAS results in accurate maintenance schedules at the disposal of your technical staff.
Optimization
Besides controlling and managing all arriving vessels in a very intuitive and fast way, BAS 2.0 reduces your operational costs. Additional optimizations in the future will allow you to:
- Minimize transporter driving distances
- Assign the minimum number of cranes to finish the vessel within the agreed berthing window
- Order required gangs
- Optimally prepare the transshipment cargo for the outbound vessels
- Assist the terminal operator in fulfilling the company’s commercial agreements
- Alert the user in advance whenever a conflicting situation will arise
It goes without saying that the introduction of all these optimizations in BAS 2.0 will not only save a lot of time for your operational staff, but it will also reduce the overall operational costs (less fuel, reduced equipment maintenance, improved gang availability, etc.). The proactive approach of tackling clashes before they arise contributes greatly to avoiding unnecessary costs.
What the future may bring …
Soon the Views functionality will be introduced to create predefined views focusing on a particular part of the quay or specific moment in time.
It will also be possible to pan on the Berth Allocation view.
Barge boxes will be added to define BABs to group the handling of different barges during a specific period of time.
Pro-forma windows to define and visualize the terminal’s commercial agreements will be introduced into BAS 2.0. This info is used to assist the BAS planner in achieving the commercial agreements.
The templates that can be used will become user-definable.
Clashes - whether physical, commercial, crane-related or cargo- related - will be indicated.
A detailed crane assignment functionality will be integrated soon.