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■ 50 YEARS OF CONTAINERS IN HAMBURG
A SLOT COVERS 60 MINUTES. 30 MINU- TES ARE ADDED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND AFTER THIS, OR BETWEEN 19:00 AND 06:00, EVEN 90 MINUTES
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says Marijo Pavlovic, Operations Manager for the transport/trucking company Contain- er-Transport-Dienst (CTD). “Now slots are ar- ranged by a movements clerk at our Rei- herdamm head office.”
REDUCING BOTTLENECKS
The core element in SBV is the TR02 data inter- face between terminal and trucker. Via various software solutions, the driver can use an app or his movements clerk to notify a planned tour. These provide all the essential data in ad- vance. The terminal checks whether any de- tails are missing and whether handling is possi- ble at all with the data already communicated. Finally, via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) the trucker receives a reliable response on his cellphone: if the container and booking num- bers are correct, he is given the green light and a six-digit tour planning number – and the slot he should use to bring or collect his container.
Advance notification of data has made the pro- cess faster and more efficient. “It was by no means clear before, what data the trucker would arrive with,” says Jill Bödicker, head of the container office at Container Terminal Tol- lerort (CTT). “Everything had to be recorded manually. That often involved waiting time,” re- ports this logistics expert.
SBV also offers a bonus by simplifying planning. For example, peak transport loads during me- ga-ship calls involving up to 14,500 moves – con- tainers for discharge or loading – can be better spread over the day. “That is a tremendous ad- vance on the previous procedure,” says Pavlovic. “We can now decide at short notice and on the basis of the actual situation which tour the driver can be used for, and notify him via push mes- sage,” adds Pavlovic.
One basic rule is that a slot comprises 60 min- utes, for example from 10:00 to 11:00. However, 30 minutes are added immediately before and af- ter this, or between 19:00 and 06:00, even 90 minutes. That adds up to either two or four hours. If a trucker cannot keep a slot, he is automatical- ly sent an updated confirmation. The fixed time windows can be booked in advance of arrival, up to three days and a minimum of four hours in ad- vance. Also acceptable are swaps, additional bookings, cancellations and re-bookings.
FASTER CLEARANCE
For some weeks SBV has been operative at all three HHLA container terminals as well as at Euro- gate – and the first interim reaction is positive. “All those involved had prepared for this well. On the other hand, all of us together are in a learning phase, while the new system is settling down,”
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