Due to world economic crisis over past years, shipping industry has been suffered from economy crisis break out from EU and US. Bunker price increased drastically, cargo demand volume decreased but world container fleet capacity increased in reverse. So all filed of shipping and harbor industry, especially shipping company, has commenced to make every endeavour for saving cost.
As external cases for saving cost, world community has developed new sea route. Case one is 'North Pole Route' other one is 'Expanded Panama Canal'.
The previous one was being developed as spontaneously due to global warming but human being started to use this as opportunity for new route. The latter case is artificial one to allow a bigger vessel go through panama canal.
This paper aims at introducing new space concept for heavy 20' foot container to the existing terminal planning system.
Recently world class liner make order Very Large Container Vessel competitively. This is to down operation cost per slot. But most liner not yet accumulate experience on stowage circumstance on these VLCV.
It is very purpose of this study to provide methodology to help maximize load factor of container vessel.