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Navis™ SPARCS Terminal Operating System
The Industry's Proven Solution

Navis™ SPARCS is the leading software solution for real-time graphical planning and control of container terminals, and has been embraced as the industry standard by terminal operators worldwide. In fact, Navis SPARCS is the preferred system by more terminal operators—including most of the industry's most prominent players—than any other product of its kind. A wealth of modules and options enables Navis SPARCS to be precisely tailored to address the unique characteristics of any operation.

There are many advantages to adopting Navis SPARCS, but perhaps one of the most valuable is that it has been designed as the ideal complement to Navis Express®. When implemented together, SPARCS and Express provide the complete terminal solution for real-time planning, control, and information management. By supporting any level of automation—from basic to advanced—Navis Express and Navis SPARCS make integrated gate-to-quay automation a reality.

Product Highlights

Navis SPARCS has proven its ability to reduce operational costs by increasing efficiency and productivity through better planning plus optimal utilization of labor, equipment, and yard space. Any terminal can benefit, regardless of its size, labor organization, or type of container handling equipment.

1. Increase Yard Utilization

Navis™ SPARCS Expert Decking application enables you to fully automate yard positioning by automatically distributing containers throughout the yard based on user-defined constraints, preventing congestion and promoting throughput.

2. Improve Vessel Planning

Reduce planning time, improve vessel stow plans, and adapt quickly to any vessel scheduling or berthing changes with Navis™ SPARCS Auto Stow. Auto Stow automates vessel planning and generates optimized stow plans based on rules you set and compliance with vessel stowage and restrictions.
3. Automate Quayside Operations

Navis™ SPARCS Quay Commander is a unique, graphical interface for creating and managing a vessel crane program. Quay Commander fully automates quayside operations, acting as a real-time monitor of vessel work progress, crane schedules, and vessel labor assignments.

4. Increase Straddle and Terminal Tractor Utilization

Navis™ SPARCS Prime Route was the first commercially available software application that used modern operation research optimization methods to increase straddle and tractor utilization. With Prime Route, straddles and tractors are pooled across multiple cranes and automatically dispatched to the optimal point of work in the yard, increasing utilization and lowering the number of vehicles required. Prime Route optimizes work assignments based on yard and equipment constraints, and operating rules such as target moves per hour.