Vessel stowage planning

Cargo groups were assigned to ship zones with deck capacity, height, port sequence and loading access evaluated together.

Industry: Automotive logistics
Decision family: Spatial planning
Evaluation scope: Stowage-plan validation

Customer identity and identifying operational details are withheld.

The operating decision

Filling a deck is insufficient when cargo needed at the next port is blocked. Space use must be evaluated with port order and aisle access.

Inputs: Cargo-group volumes and heights · Loading and unloading ports · Decks and zones · Capacity · Paths between zones
Decision: Cargo group assigned to each zone · Volume allocated per zone · Improvement of the initial zone plan
Constraints: Deck height · Zone capacity · Aisle access · Loading and unloading sequence · Intermediate-port cargo changes

How it is approached

Match cargo to usable zones
Read cargo volume, height and port sequence against the ship’s deck and zone structure.
Build and improve a zone assignment
Add cargo groups to compatible zones and evaluate interference created by their loading and unloading order.
Recheck the voyage conditions
Apply cargo changes at intermediate ports and review loading and unloading interference for the relevant voyage.

See the deck allocation take shape.

Original stowage-planning recording. Numbered deck zones and cargo groups show the allocation; no vessel or customer is identified.

Original vessel schematic with numbered deck zones and cargo access paths. — Original deck-zone and access-path figure used to explain the stowage problem.

Stowage-plan validation

Validation & scope

The recording shows an initial zone assignment rather than precise parking coordinates or the full improvement process. Layout and score evidence cover separate voyage cases. Reported interference scores do not establish actual rehandling or operating-cost savings, and combined height-adjustment and existing-cargo conditions still need checking.