RTG Deployer

Calculate volume of RTGs required for next shifts based on yard impact time of planned quay crane operations in container terminals

You know your arriving vessels' ETA/ETD, expected container volumes and assigned cranes; maybe you have planned the quay crane activities in details. What you don't know is when exactly the yard activities will happen and how many yard moves need to be done within each time slot. The ARL RTG Deployer gives you the answer!

Avoid bottlenecks as well as low productivity gaps; trim your RTG deployments, cease over-deployments, reduce idle time & bunkers consumption and increase RTG productivity. The ARL RTG Deployer picks up data from your TOS and gives credible and dependable forecast you can base your RTG & shift deployment decisions on.

Easy to read chart display shows RTG volumes required per time slot reflecting yard impact time, enabling you to plan 8 to 24 hours ahead.

ARL RTG Deployer:

Calculates required volume of RTG based on vessels' ETA/ ETD, expected volumes, assigned quay cranes and planned moves
Overviews per time slot for 8, 12, and 24 hours horizon
Recalculates frequently, reflecting TOS updates
Shows RTG deployment volume and productivity dependency
Instantly calculates prime mover waiting time for multiple decreased deployment scenarios
Identifies low-productivity gaps for housekeeping planning

A decision support tool for RTG container terminals.

See how ARL RTG Deployer works and looks like in RTG Deployer Process description. Sign-up for a scheduled online demo to experience for yourself how ARL RTG Deployer will add value to your business. Download pdf ARL RTG Deployer flier.

For ZES/Navis installations, ARL RTG Deployer is resold by ZES/Navis -contact your local rep for more details.

Hot FAQ

How are RTG volumes calculated?

ARL RTG Deployer imports vessels' ETA/ETD, assigned quay cranes and container volumes, as well as concrete quay crane work queue if planned, and takes into account your yard geometry and driving rules in order to assess the yard impact time for the RTG.

What does it cost?

Each terminal is charged a license fee in accordance with the size of the operations. The license includes one year free support & maintenance, which can be extended at a yearly cost of 15% of the license fee.

Alternatively the RTG Deployer can be leased on a yearly plan.

Find out more at ARL RTG Deployer Frequently Asked Questions

Tools for Ports and Terminals

The family of tools for ports & terminals includes ARL Berthing Planner with add-ons, ARL Yard mini-Inventory, and ARL Resource Demand Manager.

ARL Yard mini-Inventory

The ARL Yard mini-Inventory keeps track of your container inventory and does simple planning tasks like load lists and gate-pick-up lists. See the Yard mini-Inventory portal for more.

ARL Terminal Berthing Planner

The ARL Terminal Berthing Planner plan your vessels alongside your berth graphically in space and time. See more on the Berthing Planner portal. Whilst the berthing planner support berthing regions and vessel type filters, berth unavailable zones reflecting repairs and crane break-downs, and draft and tidal restrictions, you can choose to add a quay crane planner add-on or the berthing optimizer minimizing the mileage required for your yard equipment servicing your quay cranes.

ARL Resource Demand Manager

The ARL Resource Demand Manager allows you to forecast and plan resources on your terminal. The built-in rules engine automatically forecast the resource demands according to vessel arrivals schedule. Resource planners can assign unnamed and specific resources to the vessels arriving/departing or to work shifts. Identity resource usages peaks in advance and take action. See the Resource Demand Manager portal for more.

ARL RTG Deployer

The ARL RTG Deployer determines the number of RTGs required for the next shifts to service your planned and yet unplanned quay cranes work by reflecting the yard impact time using an math algorithm.
See more on the RTG Deployer portal

ARL RTG Dispatcher

The ARL RTG Dispatcher tells you where and when to dispatch your RTGs ensuring that RTGs are always at the right place at the right time to carry out required work in due time for securing un-interrupted work from your quay cranes. Look for details on the RTG Dispatcher portal. If your fleet of RTGs have been acquired over time, you reflect the individual constraints like height, turning capabilities and more, ensuring only a suitable RTG is dispatched for a work order; you can supplement the automatic dispatching with your own instructions and you can choose the statistics add-on giving you detailed insight in the performance and activities from the past projecting relevant experience into future dispatching.

ARL Yard Clash Predictor

The ARL Yard Clash Predictor detects future yard clashes in advance allowing you to re-plan and avoid clashes and derived waiting time for other yard equipment as well as quay cranes. Details are available on the Yard Clash Predictor portal. Yard Clash Predictor portal