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Navis™ SPARCS Terminal Operating System

SPARCS Features

System Foundation

  • Highly intuitive rich graphical user interface
  • Powerful real-time architecture
  • Full multi-language localization
  • Real-time configurable lists and filters
  • Export data to Microsoft® Office
  • Powerful user and role based security model
  • Instant pop-up information access
  • High quality printed operational documents and reports
  • Real-time operational visibility and monitoring
  • User configurable color palettes
  • Real-time integration with third party terminal operating systems or can
    be deployed natively with Navis Express

Yard Planning and Control

  • Advanced yard modeling including travel paths, restrictions and
    physical geometry
  • Equipment demand forecasting
  • Optimized delivery selection and mobile verification for empty
    container operations
  • Hazardous segregation checking for containers in the yard
  • Support for grounded and chassis based operations
  • Chassis inventory management
  • Automated reefer management with real-time mobile integration
  • Integration with automated monitoring systems such as
    York Refrigeration’s REFCON
  • Mobile Radio Data based inventory management, seal checking and
    damage inspection
  • Automated key slot planning and overflow management
  • Automated tracking and notification of planning errors
  • Flexible allocations, status modeling and notation

Vessel Planning and Control

  • Highly detailed and accurate vessel geometry modeling
  • Assisted selection, sequencing and re-sequencing tools
  • User configurable, high quality printed output
  • Real-time vessel stability, strength and stress calculations
  • Detailed berth planning and berth modeling
  • Integrated crane assignment planning and scheduling including
    tidal information
  • Lashing calculation support
  • Support for RO/RO and RO/Stow configurations
  • Accurate and rich views including proportional and tier wise vessel views
  • Real-time stowage violation checking including detailed hazardous
    segregation and over stow validation
  • Radio data terminal support for hatch clerk, stevedoring and crane activity
    recording operations
  • AutoStow, automated and optimized vessel planning

Rail Planning and Control

  • Detailed rail yard and track modeling
  • Modeling of rail car geometries and limitations
  • Detailed track usage scheduling and maintenance of inbound and
    outbound rails schedules
  • Validation of rail stowage including route restrictions
  • Radio Data Terminal inventory and wagon inspections
  • Radio Data Terminal dispatching and clerking
  • Support for Trailer on Flat Car operations
  • Sophisticated automated stowage and hub assignments
  • Integrates with UMLER for automated car recognition

Equipment Control

  • Equipment capability and deployment modeling
  • Fully automated and optimized dispatching
  • Global equipment optimization and pooling
  • Point and click dispatching with validation
  • Detailed performance monitoring and reporting
  • Instant real-time operational information via "pop-ups"
  • Native support for widely deployed standard devices from Navis
    Ready partners
  • Equipment Control SDK for third party development and
    system integration
  • Support for third party position detection systems

Automated Terminal Management and Optimization

  • RMG / ASC scheduling
  • Integrates with crane control systems for automated dispatch
  • Transfer point modeling and management
  • AGV management and control
  • Integration with simulation and emulation tools
  • Automated move pre-positioning
  • Compatible with Navis Edge Manager for RFID and other
    device integration

Advanced Optimization

  • Expert Decking
    • Automated and optimized yard planning
    • Configurable yard planning strategies
    • Equipment congestion and availability consideration
  • PrimeRoute for Straddle Carriers
    • Automated and optimized dispatch
    • Pool across multiple diverse operations
    • Schedule based dispatching
  • PrimeRoute for Terminal Tractors
    • Automated and optimized dispatch
    • Pool across multiple diverse operations
    • Schedule based dispatching
  • Tandem and Twin-Lift

EDI

  • Support for common EDI standards including:
    • BAPLIE
    • MOVINS
    • TANSTA
    • ANZECS
    • LoadStar
    • CargoMax
    • ANSI X-12 418
  • EDI Mapping and filtering
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