Barge Stow Plan form

Operations Vessel Barge Stow Plan Barge Stow Plan form

Prerequisites

• To access this form, you need to assign the Barge Stow Plan privilege to your user role.

• To view the Order Item field, you must set the ARGOORDER_ITEM001 (DISPLAY_ORDER_ITEM_WIDGET) setting to true.

The Barge Stow Plan form enables you to add and edit the stow plan information for a barge visit. A barge is treated as an inland transport mode and can carry containers arriving at the facility for export on a deep sea vessel. Barges are usually common carriers and can carry containers for multiple line operators. Barges often do not have slot-specific stow plans. You can use this form to create a stow plan for a barge.

N4 allows you to stow plan the same container multiple times as long as the carrier modes are different. For example, you can use the Barge Stow Plan form to stow plan a container arriving at the facility on a barge. At the same time you can use the Add Inbound Train Inventory (Advanced) form to stow plan the same container as arriving at the facility by train. The first unit is created as an Active unit and all subsequent units are created as Advised units.

To add or edit a barge stow plan:

1. From the Visit Reference lookup field, select the vessel visit reference for the barge for which you want to add or edit the stow plan.

The lookup field displays only the vessel visits that exist at the current scope level and are in any one of the following visit phases: Created, Inbound, Arrived, or Working.

2. In the Equipment Number field, enter the equipment ID.

If the equipment number already exists, N4 automatically fills in the available information in the various fields in this form. If the selected equipment is already pre-advised against another order, N4 displays an error when you save the stow plan.

If you enter an equipment number that either does not exist or does not pass the check digit algorithm specified for the equipment prefix, N4 displays the Action form to enable you to re-enter the equipment number.

If you enter an equipment number that exits in N4 but the check digit that you enter as part of the equipment number does not match the check digit in the existing master record, N4 performs one of the following actions:

• If the check digit that you enter is incorrect according to the check digit calculation standard specified for the equipment prefix, N4 displays a warning message and updates the equipment number that you entered to match the existing master record.

• If the check digit that you enter is correct according to the check digit calculation standard specified for the equipment prefix, N4 updates the existing master record to reflect the correct check digit.

3. From the Equipment Type lookup field, select the appropriate equipment type for the specified equipment.

If the equipment number already exists, N4 pre-fills the equipment type.

4. Optionally, from the Booking / ERO lookup list, select the booking number or the ERO reference number for the equipment. The specified booking or ERO must have an order item that matches the selected equipment type and for which the Tally Limit has not been reached. Also, if you specify a booking or ERO reference number, N4 automatically fills in the Line Operator, Category, Freight Kind, Port of Load, and Port of Discharge fields in the Barge Stow Plan form and does not allow you to change these values in this form.

If you specify an ERO, the Latest Date, if specified, for the ERO must be greater than the current date.

5. Optionally, select the specific item in the Order Item field.

• If you provide a booking or ERO number but not an equipment type, N4 displays all the order items for the booking.

• If the quantity for an order item is met, that item does not display.

• If the INVBRGE001 (BARGE_POPULATE_GROSS_WEIGHT_FROM_BKG_ITEM) setting is true, N4 automatically fills in the Gross Weight from the order item.

• If the INVBRGE002 (BARGE_POPULATE_ISO_FROM_BKG_ITEM) settings is true, N4 automatically fills in the Equipment Type ISO from the order item.

6. If not automatically filled-in from the equipment order, select the equipment Line Operator. If a booking or an ERO reference number is specified, the line operator must match the line operator specified for the selected order.

7. If not automatically filled-in, select the equipment Category. If a Booking / ERO is not specified and the INVROUTING002 (UNIT_CATEGORY_SYSTEM_DERIVED) configuration setting is set to true, N4 automatically fills-in the Category field based on the specified Port of Load and Port of Discharge.

8. If not automatically filled-in from the equipment order, select the equipment Freight Kind:

• Empty: Empty container

• FCL: Full Container Load

• LCL: Less-than Container Load

9. In the Gross Weight field, enter the gross weight of the equipment. To enter weight using a specific unit, type the standard unit symbol, such as lb (pounds), mt (metric ton), lt (long ton), or st (short ton), immediately after the numeric value. For example, to specify weight in Pounds, enter 50000 lb in the text field. The default unit of weight in N4 is Kg (Kilogram).

10. If not automatically filled-in from the equipment order, select the Port of Load where the equipment is loaded on the barge.

The lookup list displays only the routing points that exist at the current scope level. To add a new routing point, use the Routing Point form.

11. Optionally, select the Original Port of Load for the equipment. Usually, this is the international port if the cargo passes through domestic relay ports.

12. If not automatically filled-in from the equipment order, select the Port of Discharge where the equipment off loads from the barge.

The lookup list displays only the routing points that exist at the current scope level. To add a new routing point, use the Routing Point form.

If the port of discharge is not the same as the routing point for the current facility but is the same as a sub-point of the routing point for the facility in the itinerary of the carrier visit, N4 updates the following for the specified equipment:

• Sets the Intended Outbound Carrier to a generic carrier, such as GEN_VESSEL or GEN_TRUCK, based on the Default Carrier Mode specified for the facility relay service between the current facility and the selected port of discharge

• Sets the Declared Outbound Carrier to GEN_TRUCK

13. Optionally, in the Temp. Required field, specify the required temperature for reefer containers.

14. Optionally, from the Carrier I/B Declared lookup field, select the declared inbound vessel visit, such as a deep sea vessel, for a container coming in by barge.

15. Optionally, select the Retain Field Values? check box if you want to leave the order related fields filled in for the next stow plan entry. If you do not select this check box, N4 clears all the form fields after you successfully complete a barge stow entry.

16. Click Save.

After you successfully save the barge stow plan, N4:

• Displays the export unit on the On-Board tab in the Vessel Inspector for the barge vessel visit

• Displays the export unit on the Load List tab in the Vessel Inspector for the vessel visit associated with the booking

• Displays the unit in the Units view

• Clears all the fields in the form except the Visit Reference and the Booking / ERO fields

• Enables the Inspector Launcher button

You can click to launch the Unit Inspector for the equipment you just added to the barge stow plan.

The Unit Inspector displays the:

• Booking or ERO reference number against which the equipment is pre-advised

• I/B Declared Visit as the selected vessel visit

• O/B Carrier (intended) as the vessel visit specified in the booking or the ERO reference number

If you pre-advise a unit using the Pre-advise Empty Container form, and then specify the same unit and ERO in the Barge Stow Plan form, N4 does not give an error. However, it changes the following fields for the specified unit:

• Category to Import

• Position to V-[Vessel Visit ID]

• I/B Actual Visit as [Vessel Visit ID]

• O/B Visit as GEN_TRUCK

However, if you try to pre-advise the same unit against a train visit, N4 displays an error.

When you discharge an empty container that was pre-advised against an ERO, N4 does not automatically increment the Tally In for the ERO. To increment the tally for the ERO and to associate the discharged unit with the ERO, use the Assign ERO form.

Notes

• Though the barge stow plan and the vessel load list are similar, N4 builds the lists differently: N4 builds the load list for barges by listing all containers that have a discharge port (POD) that is in the port rotation for the barge. For deep sea vessels and feeder vessels, N4 builds the load list by listing all containers whose outbound carrier matches the Vessel Visit ID of the particular vessel.

• To add a new vessel visit, use the Vessel Visit form, and to advance a vessel visit to the appropriate phase, use the Advance Vessel Visit form.

• If you set ARGODOUBLEBLIND002 (DYNAMIC_CREATE) as true, N4 clears the contents of the Equipment Number field before displaying the Action form. However, if you set ARGODOUBLEBLIND002 as false, N4 does not clear the contents of the Equipment Number field before displaying the Action form.