Maritime

Container Logistics (deep/short sea/inland shipping)

Companies active in container shipping typically have to deal with increasing imbalances of trade between the US, Europe and South-East Asia, which implies the urgent need and distribution for empty containers in deficit areas and thus affects the repositioning of containers and the dynamics of transportation and cost allocation.

Furthermore, the variety of types of containers and volumes are steadily increasing, harbors are struggling with capacity, and transporters have to comply to a wide variety of rules, regulations and constraints. 

Therefore Quintiq offers planning solutions enabling container logistic providers to improve the management and control of container transport and speed up container turnaround. Quintiq helps to optimize containers and vessel planning, lower transportation costs and improve service levels. In parallel, Quintiq focuses on lowering and balancing container stock levels while optimizing cost of empty container transports to solve the imbalance (triangle/twinning/intermodal).

Ports & Terminals

International container transportation has grown dramatically over the last years and container terminals represent nowadays a key actor in the global shipping network. Terminal Operators have to face with an increasing competitiveness among terminals, which require more and more efficiency in container operations both along the quayside and within the yard. Optimizing the planning and scheduling of your workforce is crucial in operating a competitive terminal. Ineffective staff planning can result in rising operational costs and increasing vessel’s turnaround times.

Quintiq plans dock workers, cranes & prime movers in parallel. Taking into account an employee’s expertise and certification for certain cranes, but also combining contractual obligations and union regulations. Maximize employee preferences within economic constraints and converting actual vessels bookings and forecasts into rosters.

The dynamic changes in the berth planning have an immediate impact on the deployment of your workforce. Consequently, Quintiq can calculate in real-time the consequences of a change in berth allocation and their impacts on service levels or other KPIs

Car Carrier Logistics (deep/short sea/inland shipping)

Shipping companies active in finished vehicle logistics have to deal with the dynamics of changing supply and demand forecasts affecting the allocation of orders, vessel types, vessel schedules and space optimization. Quintiq can support car and vessel allocation, optimization of services and space related to forecasted & available cargo, cargo priority, associated revenue and performance against contract commitments. This reduces stress on internal departments, creates internal and external visibility, improve capacity utilization and reduces costs significantly.

Intermodal inland transportation

Intermodal transport is very actual today. Reasons are growing demand for transport, improved service of intermodal service providers and issues with road transport like shortage of drivers and capacity, increasing congestion and costs (labor/fuel/carbon footprint). Therefore optimization of transport systems is necessary not only to comply with changing market conditions but also to secure business continuity or gain new contracts.