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   Check List of the Advanced Planning of a Container Terminal
SYSTEM / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• The fiber optic network connection
• Hardware
• Data backup
• Computers, printers and office supplies for employees
• Wheel ticket printers and hand-held TIR as well as papers
• Configure RDT on the pickup trucks
• Set up a test environment for Terminal Operating Systems (TOS)
• Install TOS in every employee’s computer
• Set user privileges according to the employee’s job functions
• Issue User ID and password for every employee
• Create the necessary codes for vessels, services, port calls, steamship lines, etc.
• Test any system interface
• Set up EDI with Lines (bookings, Baplie files, freight releases, master equipment file covering containers, chassis and gensets, Uniform Intermodal Interchange Agreement, etc.)
• Add the EDI records in TOS
• Set up EDI with Lines, customs, other government agencies, trade associates, etc.
• Create the new terminal website


EMPLOYEE TRAINING
• Table top exercise of a complete shipping cycle in TOS
• TOS – Customer Services, Gate, Yard and Marine
• Other applications – Maintenance & Repairs personnel
• Account system – Billing Dept.


OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS
• Toploader, sidebars, Pickup trucks, shuttle bus, yard sweeper, manlift, forklifts, bombcarts, moffi, speed loader, safety shoebox, swivel hook, stevedore gears, longshoreman booth, hustlers, Radios, snow removal, mobile repair trucks, push stalled trailer truck, cones, concrete barriers, container nose support/wheel chocks, Fuel Stations, etc.
• Radiation detection portals
• Yard Allocations – Imports, Exports, Empties, Bare Chassis, Cars, Hazmat, OOG , Reefers, POV, Chassis Change, Damaged Equip, Reefer Service Station/Genset Storage, Fueling, etc.
• Directional yard signs and speed bumps
• Yard striping and painting
• Roadability inspection
• Hazmat/Reefer/OOG procedures
• Reefer service
• Quay crane inspection and certification
• Container and chassis parts for repairs/roadability
• Maintenance and repair parts for power equipment and Quay Cranes
• Waste collection


EMPLOYEE SAFETY
• Employee safety awareness orientation
• Emergency evacuation plan
• Safety manual
• Safety self-audit


TERMINAL SECURITY
• Maritime Transportation Security Act/Marsec compliance
• Security self-audit


TERMINAL SERVICE INVOICES/BILLING
• Electronic vs Manual
• What invoices
• Schedules and rates
• What backup documents required
• Who to bill


STEAMSHIP LINE MEETINGS
• Organization chart (us & them)
• Vessel performa and port calls
• Electronic ship files or ship schematics/particulars
• Documentation requirements
• Invoices/rates
• Equipment repairs
• Reefer service requirements
• Freight releases (Exports/Imports)
• Customs releases
• Chassis arrangement