JP6810327B2 - Container transportation methods and systems that utilize information and communication technology - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a container transportation method and a system, and more particularly to a container transportation method and a system utilizing information and communication technology.

In general, improving the functions of container terminals and container transportation is an important issue in strengthening international competitiveness. In particular, measures for long waiting times in front of the terminal gate are an urgent issue.

Conventionally, as shown in Patent Document 1, when a transportation vehicle arrives at a terminal gate, a container is based on information derived from a wireless terminal mounted on the transportation vehicle, in addition to visually confirming the container number by a gate checker. A way to get the number is presented. This enables multiple checks of containers at the terminal gate, reduces the risk of human error, and ensures the traceability of containers. By adopting a multiple check system, multiple stevedores are trying to improve the efficiency of terminal operations by allowing differences in the business execution capabilities and procedures of stevedores.

In addition, in the past, the fact that trailers waiting for terminal gate procedure processing were waiting for a long time in front of the terminal gate greatly reduced the operational efficiency of land carriers. Therefore, by setting a fixed number of units passing through the terminal gate for each arrival time as a reservation frame, the land carrier can pre-register the carry-in / out reservation date / time frame, and the terminal gate (or the terminal gate (or) can be set to the registered carry-in / out reservation date / time frame. Only trailers who arrive at a specific point outside the terminal will preferentially perform the terminal gate procedure, and other trailers will not preferentially perform the terminal gate procedure, so that the arrival time of the trailer in front of the terminal gate will be We are trying to equalize and eliminate or reduce the waiting time in front of the terminal gate.

In addition, when entering an area designated as a restricted area by the provisions of the Act on Ensuring the Security of International Nautical Vessels and International Port Facilities, prevent people or vehicles from entering the restricted area without a justifiable reason. Therefore, identity verification and other measures are to be taken. When the trailer enters the container terminal, the identity verification and other measures are taken by holding the PS (Port Security) card over the PS (Port Security) card reader, which is part of the access control information system that takes other measures. By taking this measure, we are trying to improve the efficiency of procedures at the gate.

Patent Gazette No. 6202284

However, the conventional method is effective in terms of preventing human error and ensuring traceability, but the method of simultaneously comparing the visual confirmation of the container number at the terminal gate and the acquisition of the container number by the wireless terminal is possible. It could not be a fundamental measure against traffic congestion in the trailer in front of the terminal gate.

The present invention focuses on the above-mentioned conventional problems and aims at leveling the processing capacity of the entire container terminal and the arrival time of the trailer at the terminal gate by utilizing information and communication technology, and particularly eliminates congestion in front of the terminal gate. It is an object.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a terminal for cargo information including a container number, vehicle information including a vehicle number, PS (Port Security) card information, and a vehicle in which a reservation date / time frame for loading / unloading is pre-registered. Priority is given to collating the pre-registration data with the actual registration data at the gate (or a specific point outside the terminal) simply and quickly, and passing through the reservation-only (or reservation priority) lane 46 to the terminal gate. This is an attempt to improve transportation efficiency by enabling standard terminal gate procedures.

More specifically, in the container transportation method utilizing the information and communication technology according to the present invention, the linked container information, vehicle information, and PS (Port Security) card information are pre-registered in the port information system when the container is carried in and out. In addition, the container information linked with the reading of the PS card at the terminal gate, the container number of the cargo pre-entered in the terminal operation system (TOS), and the pre-registered loading / unloading reservation date / time frame. And the actual arrival time of the terminal gate are collated to contribute to the judgment of admission, and one condition is that the information matches as a result of the collation, and the container loading / unloading vehicle is given permission to pass through the terminal gate. It is characterized by.

In addition, the container transportation system utilizing the information and communication technology according to the present invention pre-registers the associated container information, vehicle information, PS (Port Security) card information, and loading / unloading reservation date / time frame when loading / unloading the container. Port information system, terminal operation system (TOS) that is connected to the port information system that stores container information via the Internet, and container information and terminals that are linked together with reading the PS card at the terminal gate. It is characterized by having a container number of cargo pre-entered in the operation system (TOS), a determination unit that collates the pre-registered loading / unloading reservation date / time frame with the actual gate arrival time. ..

In addition, hold the PS (Port Security) card over the PS (Port Security) card reader, which is part of the access control information system that takes identity verification and other measures stipulated by the Act on Ensuring the Security of International Nautical Vessels and International Port Facilities. By performing some or all of the identity verification and other measures of the land transportation driver to the area (container terminal) designated as the restricted area, it is judged whether or not to enter smoothly, and if it is judged that it is possible to enter, the land transportation driver By issuing permission to pass through the terminal gate, the electronic information is collated between the container information registered in the port information system and the container number of the cargo pre-entered in the terminal operation system (TOS). It is characterized in that it is possible to carry out a batch procedure at the terminal gate at the same time as permitting the passage of the terminal gate to the container loading / unloading vehicle which is one of the conditions.

According to the present invention, cargo information including a container number, vehicle information including a vehicle number, and PS card information are pre-registered, and for a pre-registered vehicle, the pre-registration data and actual conditions are obtained by reading the PS card. It is possible to eliminate or reduce the waiting time in front of the terminal gate by making it possible to perform the collation work with the registered data of the above in a simple and quick manner.

In addition, by pre-registering the carry-in / out reservation date / time frame in the port information system, trailers arriving in front of the gate on the carry-in / out reservation date / time frame can preferentially perform the terminal gate procedure. With the spread of this loading / unloading reservation date / time frame reservation system, the arrival time of trailers arriving at the container terminal will be leveled, and the average waiting time in front of the terminal gate of the entire trailer will decrease, and between terminal gates. It is possible to eliminate or reduce the waiting time of.

In addition, by holding the PS (Port Security) card over the PS (Port Security) card reader, it is possible to smoothly collate electronic information that contributes to the judgment of admission to the area (container terminal) designated as the restricted area. By making it possible to collectively perform electronic matching between the container information registered in the port information system and the container number of the cargo pre-entered in the terminal operation system (TOS), the loading and unloading vehicle It is possible to shorten the procedure at the terminal gate and eliminate or reduce the waiting time in front of the terminal gate by collectively permitting the passage of the terminal gate and the land transportation driver.

It is an overall schematic diagram of the container transportation system utilizing the information and communication technology which concerns on this invention. Pre-registration data. It is a front view of a PS card.

Hereinafter, specific examples of the container transportation method and the container transportation system utilizing the information and communication technology according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following examples are only one example.

The container transportation system utilizing the information and communication technology according to the embodiment is intended to improve the efficiency of terminal gate processing while ensuring security by sharing and utilizing real-time information.

This embodiment is an example applied when the actual cargo is carried out from the container terminal. Container cargo is usually transported by ship, but this information enters the terminal operation system (TOS) 14 that manages the container terminal 12 through the shipping company 10, as shown in FIG. The TOS 14 manages the entire information of the container terminal 12, and the cargo information 16 is input to this corner. At the same time as this input, the cargo arrival guide 18 is transmitted to the shipping company 20 and the shipper 22 through the shipping company 10.

Further, the TOS 14 that has acquired the cargo information 16 is connected to the port information system 24 separately provided from the TOS 14 via the Internet and shares a part of the information. The port information system 24 is a cloud server and stores data. A sea freight trader 20 and a shipper 22 can be connected to the port information system 24 at any time to acquire registered information.

On the other hand, when the actual cargo arrival guide 18 arrives from the shipping company 20, the land transportation 26 in charge of the land transportation dispatch creates the pre-registration information 27. The pre-registration information 27 includes a company name, a location, a driver name, a PS card ID, a vehicle head number, an ETC on-board unit number, and the like as preparatory work. When such preparatory work is completed, information on the cargo to be transported is registered in accordance with the cargo arrival guide 18. This is registered when the carry-in / out date is fixed, and the carry-in / out reservation date / time frame, container number, actual entry / empty (in this example, select actual entry), and carry-in / carry-out (in this example, carry-out). Select) to record. Then, it is confirmed whether the pre-registered container can be carried out. This can be confirmed from the port information system 24 by collating the data input to the TOS 14 with the port information system 24 (matching cargo information is performed on the TOS). Then, when the driver and the vehicle are finally confirmed, the driver name and the vehicle head number are input and the process ends. An example of this is shown in FIG. Then, the pre-registration information 27 is written and saved in the sheet input to the port information system 24.

In this way, in the pre-registration information 27, the container information 28 including the loading / unloading reservation date / time frame, and the vehicle information 30 including the number of the vehicle used, the ETC on-board unit management number, and the like are created. At the same time, the driver who drives the vehicle is identified and PS card information 32 is created. As shown in FIG. 3, the PS card information 32 describes a PS card ID number that can be read from port security data in which a name, an affiliated company, a photograph, and the like are separately created. The container information 28, the vehicle information 30, and the PS card information 32 are pre-registered in the port information system 24 as described above.

From this state, in the land transportation 26, when the loading / unloading reservation date / time frame is reached, the pre-registered vehicle 36 involved in the transportation is selected, and the driver having the corresponding PS card information 32 is selected. Then, an instruction to carry out the container terminal cargo is given.

By the way, a vehicle identification device (ETC roadside machine) 38 is provided on the road leading to the container terminal 12. The vehicle identification device 38 checks the vehicle number from the ETC on-board unit management number mounted on the vehicle 36, and sends to the port information system 24 at which position the vehicle identification device 38 has passed. This makes it clear that the vehicle is a pre-registered vehicle 36.

The ETC on-board unit management number of the vehicle 36 obtained by the vehicle identification device 38 is immediately sent to the port information system 24, but the vehicle identification device 38 automatically transmits the ETC on-board unit management number from the port information system 24 to the TOS 14 and the container number from the pre-registration information. I check and try to ship in advance. The vehicle identification device 38 is set at a distance away from the gate of the container terminal 12, and is set to complete loading by the arrival time at the gate (or the arrival time at the loading location). The loading time is analyzed by a deep learning method using a neural network. Further, the time from the time when the vehicle 36 passes through the vehicle identification device 38 to the time when the vehicle arrives at the gate may be similarly analyzed by a deep learning method using a neural network.

To reiterate, the container information 28 including the container number to be transported, the ETC on-board unit number, the loading / unloading reservation date / time frame, the vehicle information 30, and the PS card information 32 are registered in the port information system 24 in advance. Then, the position of the traveling place is found by detecting the container vehicle 36 that matches the registered contents with the vehicle identification device 38.

The vehicle identification device 38 notifies the TOS 14 of information that the vehicle 36 is approaching the container terminal 12, and various measures can be considered as shown below. First, a method of utilizing the GPS function of a terminal such as a smartphone can be considered. Utilizing the GPS function of the terminal, the position information of the vehicle 36 is to be grasped in real time on the container terminal 12 side and the land carrier side. These costs are low and a general-purpose terminal can be used, so that the introduction is relatively easy. In addition, since the location information can be known by the trader such as Land Transport 26, the effect of improving the efficiency of vehicle allocation can be expected.

The second is a method using a drive recorder with a communication function. Utilizing the GPS function of the tribe recorder, the position information of the vehicle 36 can be grasped in real time on the container terminal 12 side, the land transportation 26, and the like. Since the behavior data of the vehicle 36 such as sudden acceleration and sudden deceleration can be acquired and the position information can be known on the land transportation 26 side, the effect of improving the vehicle allocation efficiency can be expected.

Thirdly, LPWA (LPWA (LowPower Wide Area)) or LPWAN such as Sigfox (Sigfox, which is characterized by low cost, power saving, and long-distance transmission, is an IoT network) has a long distance with as little power consumption as possible. It is a communication method that realizes communication, and is attracting attention as one of the components of IoT.). Using the wireless network for IoT, the location information of the vehicle 36, which is periodically transmitted by the dedicated terminal, is to be periodically grasped by the business operator such as the container terminal 12 side and the land transportation 26 side. If this system is used, if there are many registrants, the data communication cost will be low and the location information will be known on the land transportation side, so the effect of improving vehicle allocation efficiency can be expected.
By measuring the position of the vehicle 36 on the road leading to the container terminal 12 using these, the time to arrive at the terminal gate 40 can be determined. It can also be applied to loading work in a container yard.

Further, the fourth is a method using a vehicle number identification camera utilizing OCR (Optical Character Reader). By installing a vehicle number identification camera on the road leading to the container terminal 12 and identifying the vehicle information 30 of the vehicle 36 passing through the road, the position information of the vehicle 36 is shared with the container terminal 12 side and the land carrier side. It is a thing. The feature of this method is that there is no initial investment other than installing an inexpensive vehicle identification camera, and the arrival time of the vehicle can be shared with the container terminal 12 side without burdening the land transportation 26.

This is input to the TOS 14 from the port information system 24 as input information, and from the registration information shown in FIG. 2 in advance, the container information 28 including the container number of the input cargo and the previously input transportation If the freight information 16 including the container number to be used is performed by the discriminating device 52 and the collation results match, the cargo loading work using the yard crane 54 is performed from the container position in the container terminal 12 to the arrival time. Can be done.

In addition, the vehicle 36, which is expected to arrive at the terminal gate 40 (or a specific point outside the container terminal 12) on the carry-in / out reservation date / time frame registered in the port information system 24, is reserved only (or reservation priority) up to the terminal gate 40. ) You can preferentially perform terminal gate procedures such as passing through lane 46. The land transportation driver 56 holds the PS card 50 over the PS card reader provided at the terminal gate 40 (or the PS card reader provided at a specific point outside the container terminal 12), and makes a carry-in / out reservation registered in the port information system 24. The day / time frame and the land transportation driver 56 electronically collate the time when the PS card 50 is held over the PS card reader 48 (or the PS card reader provided at a specific point outside the container terminal 12) provided at the terminal gate 40. However, one condition is that the information matches as a result of collation, the container loading / unloading vehicle is allowed to pass through the terminal gate, and the relevant vehicle is post-approved (or post-approved) to preferentially perform the terminal gate procedure. Pre-approved). If the information does not match as a result of the collation, the vehicle 36 will not be allowed the priority terminal gate procedure such as passing through the reservation-only (or reservation priority) lane 46 up to the terminal gate 40, and the port information system 24 will not be allowed. The terminal gate procedure will be carried out in the same way as for unregistered vehicles.

Further, the land transportation driver 56 holds the PS card 50 over the PS card reader 48 provided at the terminal gate 40 and receives the destination instruction in the yard. From the PS card ID input through the PS card reader 48, the pre-registered PS card information 32 and the container information 28 are linked, and the managed TOS 14 makes a comparison with the PS card information 32, and at the same time, from the shipping company 10. The collation with the input cargo information 16 is performed. By this data processing, the receiving place of the delivery destination of the container to be carried out is instructed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the container information 28 including the container number to be transported, the ETC on-board unit number, the loading / unloading reservation date / time frame, the vehicle information 30, and the PS card information 32 are registered in the port information system 24 in advance. Will be done. Then, the position of the traveling place is found by detecting the container vehicle 36 that matches the registered contents by the vehicle identification device 38.

After that, the container information 28 including the loading / unloading reservation date / time frame pre-entered in the port information system 24 together with the reading of the PS card 50 and the container number to be transported pre-entered in the TOS 14 are included. Electronic information is collated with the cargo information 16, and if the information matches as a result of the collation, it is possible to smoothly determine whether or not the vehicle 36 of the terminal gate 40 can pass.

At the same time, by holding the PS card 50 over the PS card reader 48, which is a part of the access control information system 58, the land transportation driver contributes to the judgment of admission to the area (container terminal) designated as the restricted area. If it is determined that the entrance is possible after the identity verification of 56 and other measures are taken, it is possible to smoothly determine whether or not the land transportation driver 56 of the terminal gate 40 can pass.

10 ……… Shipping company, 12 ……… Container terminal, 14 ……… Terminal operation system (TOS), 16 ……… Cargo information, 18 ……… Freight arrival information, 20 ……… Shipping company, 22… …… Shipper, 24 ………… Port information system, 26 ………… Land transportation, 27 ………… Pre-registration information, 28 ………… Container information, 30 ………… Vehicle information, 32 ………… PS card information, 36… …… Vehicle, 38 ………… Vehicle identification device, 40 ………… Terminal gate, 42 ………… General vehicle passage gate, 44 ………… Priority gate, 46 ………… Reservation-only (or reservation priority) lane, 48… …… PS card reader, 50 ………… PS card, 52 ………… Discrimination device, 54 ………… Yard crane, 56 …… Land transportation driver, 58 …… Access control information system.

Claims (4)

When loading and unloading containers, the linked container information, vehicle information, and PS (Port Security) card information are pre-registered in the port information system.
The PS card reader installed at the terminal gate collates the container information associated with the reading of the PS card with the container number of the cargo pre-entered in the terminal operation system (TOS).
A container transportation method utilizing information and communication technology, which comprises issuing a permission to pass through the terminal gate to a container loading / unloading vehicle, provided that the information matches as a result of collation. When loading and unloading containers, pre-register the loading and unloading reservation date / time frame in the port information system.
With the PS (Port Security) card reader installed at the terminal gate (or at a specific point outside the container terminal), along with the reading of the PS (Port Security) card, the loading / unloading reservation date / time frame registered in the port information system Check the reading time of the PS card and
One condition is that the information matches as a result of the collation, and the container loading / unloading vehicle is given permission to pass through the terminal gate.
A container transportation method that utilizes information and communication technology, which is characterized in that the relevant vehicle can be post-approved (or pre-approved) based on the time when it enters the terminal gate to preferentially perform the terminal gate procedure. Hold the PS (Port Security) card over the PS (Port Security) card reader, which is part of the access control information system that takes identity verification and other measures stipulated by the Act on Ensuring the Security of International Voyage Ships and International Port Facilities. By
By verifying the identity of the land transportation driver and taking other measures to the area (container terminal) designated as the restricted area, it is possible to smoothly judge whether or not to enter the area.
If it is determined that you can enter, you can give the land transportation driver permission to pass through the terminal gate.
A container transportation method utilizing information and communication technology, which enables a batch procedure at the terminal gate at the same time as permitting the container loading / unloading vehicle according to claim 1 to pass through the terminal gate. A port information system that pre-registers container information including the linked loading / unloading reservation date / time frame, vehicle information, and PS (Port Security) card information when loading / unloading containers.
A terminal operation system (TOS) that is connected to the port information system that stores the container information via the Internet, and
A judgment unit that collates the container information associated with the reading of the PS card at the terminal gate with the container number of the cargo pre-entered in the terminal operation system (TOS).
A container transportation system that utilizes information and communication technology, which is characterized by being equipped with.

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