Stowage News

Ocean Network Express (ONE), a Japanese container shipping company that is headquartered in Tokyo and Singapore, has announced the establishment of the Advanced Ocean Container Transportation Engineering Lab (AOCTEL), a stowage planning hub in Kumamoto, Japan.The office was founded by Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc (KKE) for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha five years ago. ONE entered into the service agreement with KKE in April 2018.After the integration and commencement of ONE’s operation, Kumamoto Stowage Planning Office took on the initiative role among ONE’s global stowage planning offices to strengthen efficiency improvement.To further advance stowage performance…

Hong Kong-based container shipping and logistics service company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has chosen the Navis stowage planning software StowMan for effectively stowing vessels in its container ship fleet.According to Navis, and the provider of on premise and cloud collaborative stowage planning solutions, OOCL currently operates a fleet of 100+ container vessels ranging between 21,400 and 2,900 TEU that are planned by stowage planners who are based in strategic planning regions.With the advanced multifunctional stowage operation system of StowMan, vessel planners will be able to optimize the stowage planning results for fleet utilization based on improved visibility and efficiency…

The container shipping liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced its plans to implement XVELA, the world’s first cloud-based collaborative network for ocean carriers and terminal operators, which enhances operational efficiency by ensuring real-time insights and control via a platform of connected systems.The implementation will reinforce ONE’s commitment to its core values of Quality, Reliability, Innovation and Customer Satisfaction, said the Japanese container shipping company that is headquartered in Tokyo and Singapore.In addition, ONE will upgrade its existing stowage planning tool with the advanced StowMan Stowage solution by Navis, which is fully integrated with XVELA.