Maritime ports freight and vessels
Pressures imposed by markets' dynamics, demand volatility, quality vs costs and process flows interdependences require regular in-depth analysis coupled with process adjustments to be tamed.
All these circumstances make it challenging to giving the right answers to all questions. That's why serious aftermaths and relevant economic as well as operational by-products are difficult to predict.

Forecasting, simulation and math optimization

With simulation, math and statistical optimization you can have practical answers while comparing risks and opportunities. These advanced tools can be applied to logistics, transportation, freights and service engineering vertical markets to support decisions, risk management and disaster modeling.

Segments

Ports, rails, interports and intermodal and logistics centres (e.g. hubs)

• Trains and vessels: simulation of loading and unloading operations (e.g. cargo optimization)
  
• Loading area management simulation and warehouse services optimization (e.g., layout)
  
• Wharf operations simulation (e.g., capacity factor)
  
• Rail and intermodal networks simulation
  
• Ports: inbound freight scheduling and automated matching with available vehicles/space
  
• New processes/procedures pre-execution simulation
  
• Emergency and critical situations testing and simulation.

Vessels and maritime transportation

• Cargo planning and scheduling (e.g., cargo shipping optimization, full ship loads, fixed/flexible multiple cargoes' sizes)
  
• Dimensioning and scheduling of time charter fleets (e.g., mixed fleet sizes, inventory routing for single/multiple products)
  
• Routes design and optimization (e.g. containers carriage, liner network design)
  
• Cargo optimization (e.g. ship loading).

ACT Operations Research' references
At ACT Operations Research we have been working with top performing players in the ports and vessels segment through direct and indirect engagements providing customers with proprietary and third parties technologies.

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ACT Operations Research products portfolio

• OPT Vessel: maritime transportation optimization and scheduling
  
• OPT Warehouse and NET Solver for warehouse and loading area process optimization
  
• BEFORE! Predictive Analytics is the ACT Operations Research' proprietary statistical tool for demand forecasting and revenue management
  

The offering includes SAS' powerful analytical and statistical tools which can be integrated with ACT Operations Research' optimization and forecasting engines.
ACT Operations Research provides customers with specialist support by building bespoke simulation models and implementing the most modern math optimization algorithms.