During the widening process, the amount of reefer plugs can be increased to get more flexibility in the stowage plan. NSB has already carried out three ship widening projects for vessels in ...

Although ICODES is a big innovation in stowage, stow planning is not totally automated. "There is an automatic load plan feature in ICODES, but we use that mainly as a feasibility tool ...

The Digital Annealer will play a role in automating aspects of the stowage planning process for NYK's dedicated car carriers, an enormously complex task involving a vast number of possible stowage ...