N4 Vessel Autostow gives ports and terminals an advantage over competitors with consistency and speed in planning, saving time during critical operational periods. It leverages rules set by the ship planner and in compliance with the vessel planning stowage strategy. This course is for experienced Vessel Planners and Yard Planners—your local operations experts. We set up Autostow, apply parameter sets to create a strategy that reflects your requirements, and walk through typical scenarios in dozens of exercises. We analyze the resulting stow, learning what to look for on the vessel and in the yard, and then ask key questions to refine the strategy. Did it follow the projection information? Did it create needless yard rehandles? Did it create cross-over traffic? Expect lively discussions between the vessel and yard planners, as it is common for Autostow to highlight an inherent problem in the yard stacking strategy. Students experiment and learn in a safe training environment with a dataset created specifically for this course.