MarkIV’s Yard Planning Module is an intelligent, data-driven and TOS agnostic container yard planning software with a unique inbuilt operational strategy.
Based on relevant historical data, MarkIV computes the most optimized yard stacking plan for each category of container for the various services being handled at the Terminal.
5 Basic Stages:
- Yard Configuration – specifying the actual yard layout and capacities of each block
- Volume Analysis – average/maximum volumes for 20s/40s of each type of container for each service
- Best Crane Assignment for exports with due regard to productivity required
- Checking whether volume fits into allocated space
- Graphical visualization of the solution (Services, PODs in different colours)
Benefits:
- Minimising shuffling moves
- Minimising RTG lateral travel during vessel operations
- Minimising mixing of external and own trailers
- Improvement in productivity regardless of terminal size
- Optimal use of available slots