Designed to help your Vessel Planners maximize Kaleris N4 and XPS productivity, the Vessel Planner Operational Course uses your operational workflow to conduct a “day in the life” of a Vessel Planner. Our instructors guide you through hands-on exercises that cover all aspects of effective vessel planning, including PWP, berthing, EDI (BAPLIE), discharge, load, projections, work shift creation, Quay Commander, and AutoStow. Upon completion, students will have successfully planned a significant number of loads and discharges.

Contents 

1. Vessel Planning Overview  

2. Basic Skills of Vessel Planning  

3. Berthing  

4. BAPLIE Processing  

5. Reconciliation for Discharges & Loads  

6. Projections  

7. Shifts  

8. Quay Commander  

9. AutoStow  

10. Reports  

11. Departing the Vessel & Closing out the Operation  

Duration  

Five days (40 hours) 

Prerequisite(s)  

OPN4.048 Fundamentals of N4 and XPS Operations (FN4XPS) (Instructor-Led Training – 5 Days)  

Online Interactive E-learning (~30 minutes each):  

 • What is N4? (FDN4.002)  

• N4 Unit Model and Lifecycle (UNN.004)  

• How to Work with N4 Lists (UNN.005)  

• How to Work with N4 Filters (UNN.006)  

• How to Interpret Container Icons in XPS (UNX.007)  

• XPS Graphical Yard Views: A First Look (UNX.008)  

• Position Terminology & Labels (UNX.009)  

• N4 Inspectors (UNN.025)  

• Getting Started with Timeframes (UNX.027)  

• XPS Container Lists and Filters Part 1 (UNX.029)  

• XPS Container Lists and Filters Part 2 (UNX.031)  

• How to Create and Format XPS Recaps 1 (UNX.032)  

• How to Create and Format XPS Recaps 2 (UNX.033)