Unarchive Vessel Visit option in the N4 client to unarchive a vessel visit.A vessel visit goes through a series of phases from the time you create it in N4 to the time you complete the work for the carrier and it departs the facility. You must manually advance a vessel visit through these phases to perform the operations associated with each phase. You can only change the visit phase in N4.
N4 uses the following vessel visit phases:
Created: The initial phase for a new vessel visit that you add in N4
If a vessel visit is in this phase, you can set up container and other data, such as holds/permissions, but the data is not available to XPS.
A vessel visit must be at least in the Created phase to receive EDI messages, such as BAPLIE stow plan messages, without generating an error.
Inbound: The phase when N4 makes the vessel visit and container data available for planning in XPS
You can plan loads and discharges during this phase.
Canceled: The phase that indicates that you canceled a vessel visit before the vessel arrived at the facility
You can advance to this phase only from the Created phase. When you cancel a carrier (vessel or train) visit, the carrier and container data is removed from XPS.
If you receive an EDI message, such as a stow plan, for a vessel in the Canceled phase, N4 rejects the EDI message and displays an error.
Arrived: The phase when the vessel is at the facility and work can start
In this phase, you can load and discharge containers.
Working: The phase when the load and discharge operations are in progress
The Visit Reference field in the Vessel Load and Vessel Discharge forms lists only the vessel visits that are either in the Arrived or in the Working phase.
Complete: The phase when you have completed the load and discharge operations for the selected vessel visit
Departed: The phase when the vessel has left the facility
If you receive or plan containers for a vessel visit in the Departed phase, N4 displays a warning.
Closed: The phase that indicates that you have closed the vessel visit
Vessel and container data is no longer available in XPS.
In the Hold/Release Inbound Unit or Stow Plan forms, the Visit Reference field does not list the vessel visits that are either in the Canceled, Complete, Departed, or Closed phase.
Archived: The phase when N4 removes the vessel visit from the list view and you can no longer view, edit, or recall the vessel visit
You cannot receive EDI messages and the vessel and container data is no longer available in XPS.
Use the Actions Unarchive Vessel Visit option in the N4 client to unarchive a vessel visit.
Notes
We strongly recommend that you advance a vessel visit from the Departed to the Closed phase two days after a vessel departs to ensure that containers onboard the departed vessel are removed from the list views in XPS. However, the container information remains available in N4. Keeping the vessel visit in the Departed state for two days enables XPS to include vessel load moves for recently departed vessels in any daily EC reports that it generates. If you keep vessel visits in the Departed phase for a long time after the vessel has departed, thousands of departed containers will clutter up the list view in XPS. This may slow down XPS client startups, searches, and equipment control.