Automation boost

Cargotec’s Navis has announced enhancements to the Automated Horizontal Transport (AHT) scheduler on N4 3.8.

“We are constantly working on making our solutions smarter to give our terminals around the world the tools to help them optimize operations and enhance automation for better business results,” said Carlos Lopez Barbera is the Vice President of Product Management at Navis. “The newly enhanced AHT Scheduler will allow our N4 automation customers to implement a turnkey solution to help them reach operational milestones at their terminals for better production and output.”

Return on investment

Navis’ AHT Scheduler increases efficiency at terminals by providing real-time data tracking, predicting outcomes for crane operations and enabling real-time decision making for terminal operators around the world.

AHT Scheduler runs on average, under a few seconds for hundreds of container handling equipment (CHE) in production and continuously scans a terminal to help adapt its decisions in real-time.

The solution can support expansion plans, up to hundreds of CHEs at terminals around the world, including AGVs, AutoTrucks, AutoShuttles and AutoStrads.

AHT Scheduler scans the state of a terminal’s cranes every second and predicts their likelihood to “starve” and balances the CHEs dispatching to ensure optimal productivity.

In labs and standard customer emulations, the AHT Scheduler delivers a 1.5 increase in moves per CHE, an increase in 3mph per crane and decreases unladen driving times by 10%.

The AHT Scheduler was successfully rolled out at Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) in early May and is currently running seamlessly at the site.