Maritime

Bulk/Tanker Logistics (deep and short sea/inland shipping)

Bulk tankers – dry, liquid, gas - and Multi-purpose vessel operators face a high level of complexity since they need to optimize their profit by taking decisions which cargo to bid for to optimize their vessels utilization (Time Charter Equivalence) and which vessel (and crew) to allocate. Working in different cargo markets, in different areas and ports and with different contracts - spot market, long term contracts, time chartering and project contracts – makes it difficult for a planner to optimize profit per vessel and for management to monitor and steer.

For short and deep sea tankers Quintiq provides an integrated planning and optimization solution to optimize vessel and cargo (and crew) planning resulting in an overall improved profitability while minimizing
bunker and port costs, idle time and ballast runs. Even bidding support can be managed by Quintiq in order to optimize utilization level of vessels and thus profit.

Car Carrier Logistics (deep and 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.

Container Logistics (deep and 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).

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.