Visakha Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd.

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Standard Operating Procedures

Prepared By Approved by Issue/Revision Issue date Yard Planning
no.
Head (O) COO 02:08 24.08.2017 VCT-OPS-SOP-YPLN

1. PURPOSE:

The purpose of this procedure is to allocate yard space for the storage of container so as to have optimum
efficiency in rail, vessel and gate operations.

2. SCOPE:

This procedure encompasses guidelines with regard to the actions to be taken from the initial receipt of
Vessel details from the Shipping Agent / Line through to the allocation of the containers in the designated
storage area and loading onto vessel / delivery out of terminal.

3. PROCEDURE:

RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITY INTERFACES

3.1 Export Receiving

Start

Yard allocation shall be created

based on
Creates the yard allocation.  Projection from VOA
 Average of Previous vessel
Yard Planner
handling summary
 POD, length, weight and
category
 Optimum ratio of RTG to RMQC

Yard Planner Assign the work queue to

CHE.

Yard Planner shall ensures that the

Monitor and control the
Yard Planner
yard movement thru TOS.
special category containers i.e.
OOG, IMDG and Reefers etc., are
offloaded as per the plan made and
updated in VMT by operator

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Standard Operating Procedures

Prepared By Approved by Issue/Revision Issue date Yard Planning
no.
Head (O) COO 02:08 24.08.2017 VCT-OPS-SOP-YPLN

RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITY INTERFACES

3.2 Import Delivery

Start

Yard allocation shall be created

based on
Yard Planner Creates the yard allocation  FPD, length and category
 Optimum ratio of RTG to RMQC

Assign the work queue to

Yard Planner
HHT and CHE

Yard Planner shall ensures that the

Monitor and control the
Yard Planner
yard movement thru TOS
special category containers i.e.
OOG, IMDG and Reefers etc., are
offloaded as per the plan made and
updated in VMT by operator

End

RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITY INTERFACES

3.3 Yard Housekeeping

Start

Yard Planner Monitors the Yard stacking

Yes
In order?

No
Housekeeping shall be done in the
case of
Create the housekeeping
 Scattered containers in CY due
work queue
to VIA change.
Yard Planner
 Tower staking.
 Creating the free slot by
consolidating the containers in
same stack.
A B

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Standard Operating Procedures

Prepared By Approved by Issue/Revision Issue date Yard Planning
no.
Head (O) COO 02:08 24.08.2017 VCT-OPS-SOP-YPLN

RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITY INTERFACES

A B

Assign the work queue to

Yard Planner
HHT and CHE

Yard Planner CY set in order

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