CFS handling performance: What are they and why do we need them?

Warehouses called container freight stations (CFSs) are used to pack and unpack containers of goods before shipping them overseas. Consolidation means putting together several shipments into one, like putting together several LCL shipments into one FCL cargo. The adversary of this process is known as deconsolidation. Typically, you can locate a CFS station close to any large shipping hubs, distribution centers, and railroad stations.

Freight forwarders and shippers may rely on CFS stations to keep operations running smoothly. The CFS handling performance stations record each shipment in detail, including its name, source, and destination.

An overview of the primary uses and advantages of a CFS

The purpose and benefits of a CFS are as follows:

Primary purpose is packing LCL shipments into a bigger container with the cargo of other customers whose orders are also headed to the same place.
In most cases, a CFS station will have both an FTZ and a non-FTZ section. This is because many importers and exporters avoid US Customs and Border Protection oversight by holding their goods in bond using customs form 7512. Because of this, the shipper can postpone paying taxes and duties until the goods are either used up in the production process or sold to a consumer.
Controling the loading and unloading of cargo for shippers, or moving goods in-bond through consolidation and shipment.
To save money and have better stock management, trans-loading 20′, 40′, and 45′ IPI containers into 53′ intermodal containers.
Improves shippers’ ability to manage and optimize inland freight transport.
Information on shipments, including their origins, final destinations, cargo data, and customs agents, is recorded and kept up-to-date by CFS stations.

What’s a vessel tracking system?

As the name implies, a vessel tracking system is a set of tools that allows marine and naval vessels to keep tabs on a ship’s whereabouts, identity, and any other data that can help in adjusting the vessel’s path.

What is AIS data?

An automatic identification system (AIS) is a computerized tracking system that automatically identifies and shows nearby ships. It follows large ships travelling the globe, providing real-time data on their whereabouts. To do its job, AIS relies on transponders installed on ships to relay information about those ships to other boats and land-based infrastructure.

Ships equipped with AIS may send and receive signals from other AIS-equipped vessels at regular intervals. There are three main groups to these details, and they are as follows:

Dynamic information
Static information
Voyage information

Importance of services related to the vessel tracking system

The benefits of a vessel tracking system are as follows:

Protecting the marine environment, surrounding shore regions, work sites, and offshore facilities from potential bad impacts of maritime traffic is one of the many ways vessel traffic services assist in safety at sea.
Contracting Governments that are planning and implementing VTS are required to follow the recommendations issued by the Organization whenever it is practicable to do so. It is only possible to make the use of VTS obligatory in maritime regions that are included within the territorial waters of a coastal state.
Contracting governments have agreed to accept responsibility for making arrangements for developing VTS in situations where they believe that there is a high amount of traffic that needs support through the provision of such services.
Ships flying a Contracting Government’s flag are expected to actively participate in and abide by that flag’s maritime traffic service regulations.

Conclusion

Multiple ships will often transport a single cargo over the same route. Therefore, it is essential to have vessel tracking to monitor a container, from when it is loaded at its port of loading (POL) until it is unloaded at its ultimate destination port of discharge (POD).