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SIMULATION MODEL OF PANAMA CANAL VESSEL TRANSITS

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1. 3 1 2 4 Number of Replications Amount of consecutive simulation runs for statistical analysis of the results Rockwell Paragon experience with the model indicates that no more than 10 ten replications are needed to obtain accurate results It must be an integer number ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 13 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE liza 3 1 2 5 Activate Transits Log File The user can activate generation of LOGFILE MDB file which records all vessels transit statistics ships generation and queue data If these files are accessed through the interface no more than 65 000 sixty five thousand registers can be seen on the screen which corresponds to a simulation of approximately 10 ten years and 1 one replication That is due to the maximum number of lines allowed by Excel spreadsheets If necessary the user can read the full logs by accessing the same files straight from the database 3 1 2 6 Maximum Period in Queue at the Outer Anchorages The user may establishes the time in days after which non booked vessels receive priority for entering the Canal based on their arrival time 3 1 2 7 Warm up Period It must be a real number between 1 one and 20 twenty days Rockwell Paragon recommends the model should be run with a warm up period of 10 ten days ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 14 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 1 3 Navigation Butt
2. November and December months The March sunrise and sunset set 2 is copied into April September and October and the May sunrise and sunset set 3 into June July and August ACP gt Main Sequencing Variables sal Trough _ PARAGON ie TV restricted area Main nora SOFTWARE Time Boundaries oU ae 2 30 2 30 atest Time last 5B must clear PM Lock atest Time last NB must pass Gamboa CUT Oppening Time during Fog Time boundaries are aligned to the Restriction Codes meaning and used for cutting the flow of vessels depending on their restriction and on other scenario parameters ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 27 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Miza 3 2 2 Transit and Lockage Times On the following screen the user can setup transit and lockage times for vessels heading south and north The beam and draft limits are exported to Arena but she must copy the cells with white background into Arena The message boxes that appear after clicking any of the copy buttons will guide the user to the correct place to paste each of the data columns into the Arena model The cells with yellow background are averages used by the Pre seguencer to generate timetables ARAGON Consulting Solutions Transit Times Hi Sail Through i Main ROCKWELL restricted area SOFTWARE Lockage Times Southbound Block PacAnch B15 B26 MFLocks PMLocks Cucaracha Tie Chagres
3. Panama Canal Project Welcome to Documentation Panama Canal Simulation Project CD Install Arena 7 0 Install Adobe Acrobat Reader Install Access ODBC Install END USER Project Files Instructions Select the options in the left and navegate in the folders in this area To open an archive use a double click Available Options by clicking on the left menu A Panama Canal Project Documentation All necessary documents are attached for direct access by double clicking the file on the white board listings B Install ARENA 8 01 Will start ARENA s setup installing it locally Please refer to ARENA installation manual C Install Adobe Acrobat Add in for documentation viewing Will start Adobe s setup D Install ODBC If User s PC has no ODBC pre installed it can be added here starting Microsoft s Setup exe E Install Project Files Will copy all necessary files to User s PC at C 1SimulationtEenhanced Model folder No icons will be created ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 7 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 2 1 4 Comments about ODBC After ODBC is installed properly database connection must be established manually between the Simulation Model Database and Arena Simulation System Access lt Control Panel gt lt Administrative Tools gt and lt Data Sources ODBC gt as below FT Administrative Tools File Edit View Favorites Tools Help spa Back sea
4. nana 37 22A ANILAO GA BALAAN LAG AA NANANG LANANG UNA nea oboka dali 39 3 2 4 3 General Vessel Characteristics PD Booking and Draft Status 40 3 2 9 Ko ella DENA AA a obe el etiii 42 349 1 Discrete AMValS sanese NAAN AAO E a maa 43 3 2 5 2 Theoretical Demand a 44 3 2 6 DONNUMES EM MMR 54 3 2 7 TUg REQUIrEeMeNIS HEP asaan KGAD NKO KAEDAD ELA k va nei LA a de oka 56 3 2 8 Counter of Number of Ships per Restriction 2 QQXQXXA a 57 3 3 dole pipo RB A AAP AA AR PAP HAPPY AAP PH PAN 58 3 4 2116118 e AA MN E a ee NE een MRI 58 3 4 1 Batch Simulation no animation ae 59 3 4 2 Animate animated Model ccccccecccsecceeeecececeeeeseeeeeeeseeeseueeseceseuseseeesegeeseeeseeeseneess 60 3421 CHANJINO SPECO AA 60 9422 Altering ZOOM and NEWS akap m aaa AN NANGAGAT eie E EEES 60 242 Sng Bie elo erpa o ae a ea o NO Ni ee eee 60 o KOO MEANING AASA Error Bookmark not defined 3 5 SCENO RE SUS AA 61 3 5 1 Canal Waters Time CWT aaa AA LANA AA Poroke eli 62 3 9 2 da igla meS ELET AA AA E EO A 64 3 0 3 Wailing TIMOS AA AA 66 3 5 4 PIIG FONS AA 68 3 9 9 Number CLA AA AA 70 3 9 6 Kolo SI GCU OAL ON A a NE O EKRANE NEPRAVE RAN 73 397 Jueus Lender anae scents E E E E O E EE 75 3 6 ANS DAA AA ccc AA oe see cee AA AA AA AA AA 17 3 6 1 Tugs and Lock Crews count of of ships per lock shift 78 3 6 2 TMA SL AA ee cers AGA tetas
5. Co Co o 120 140 10 7 7 goo ii NIN NIN i NIN NIN 20 107 10 7 7 Mos o 107 1 8 oo 0o 07 107 Co HR Then the Tug Requirements Assignment Table specified below is designated to the vessels through the assign Arena modules associated to the decide blocks specified above The next table also indicates the names of the expressions which values should be changed in case of necessity when the vessel is using a Post panamax lock when it is transiting through the Gaillard Cut or when entering or departing the Panamax locks Line Tug Requirements Locks expression ug 3 per ship expression tug 1 per yee expression tug 2 per soo expression tug 4 per ship CC o o o o o a a ny Ya pene DISC o2 2 1 3 FU WG DISC 06 2 1 3 PO jam Cai DISC 54 2 1 3 pC 75 ly li kaaa aaa aaa u J V EI DISC 16 2 1 3 pot ET DISC 65 2 1 3 Ol AA o NK aa K a Can vv Naa mm ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 56 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 2 8 Counter of Number of Ships per Restriction Find below the names of the counters per each lock and vessel type as per described in the User s Manual Description Internal 1116 Gatin Restroted vesseb lcrew6 118 PPMax Pacific Restricted vessels crew 8 1119 PPMax Pacific Post Panamax vessels crew 9 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s
6. e Vessel Mix Forecast e Market Segment Forecast IV Downtimes ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 25 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL Fes SOFTWARE Mia 3 2 1 Configuring Main Sequencing Variables Sail Through CLICK ON THE BOX TO WICH SCREEN YOU WANT TO JUMP IN 2 Table of 3 Size Range 4 Wessels Size Ranges Distribution Distribution 5 Table of Tipycal Vessels ene 6 Yearly 7 Monthy li aa Current Sheet mm LcConfig ME ILRules MM II Arrival MIX Traffic Traffic Transits MA Vessel Mix Forecast MA Market Segment Forecast 1 Main Sequencing Variables On this screen the user specifies the sunrise and sunset times the fog probability and the booking slots and the Time Boundaries necessary to run the Sequencer These data are also exported to the model Main Sequencing Variables ae PARAGON Main restricted area ROCKWELL ANIT GG Sunrise And Sunset Times Fog Probability of Booking Slots Beam Limit 91 Regular Outage Southbound 6 3 May 600 1900 pun 600 1900 pul 600 1900 Aug 600 1900 Time Boundaries Note that only text highlighted in blue can be changed ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 26 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions January sunrise and sunset times specifies sunrise and sunset set 1 which is copied into February
7. ships as Regular ships Restricted CC DLCC and CCDL ships and Post panamax PCC PCCDL PDLCC PCCHDL and PDLCCH ships e Replication number Headings Example AVG Balboa Tugs A S3 MAX CUT Tugs A S1 AVG CUT Tugs A S2 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 78 of 82 MAX PAC PP Tugs B S1 PARAGON Consulting Solutions Northbound Headings Example AVG CUT Tugs B S1 MAX CUT Tugs B S3 AVG ATL GT Tugs A S3 11 AVG PP TugsA S1 0 00 MAX PP Tugs B S2 MF Reg S3 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 79 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE liza Northbound Headings Example GT RegS1 2 00 GT Reg S2 Z O 420 GT Reg 3 TAT GT Rest S1 787 GT Rest S2 840 GT Rest S3 0 90 PP PAC Reg S1 000 PP PAC Reg S2 0 00 PP_PAC_ Reg S3 000 PP PAC Rest S1 000 PR PAC Rest S2 000 PP PAC Rest S3 000 PR PAC PRSI i PP PAC PPS2 00 PR PACPPS3 0 00 PP ATL Reg SI 000 PP ATL Reg S2 0 00 PP_ATL Reg S3 0 00 PP ATL Rest SI 000 PP ATL Rest S2 000 PP ATL Rest S3 000 PR ATL PRSI 00 0 00 0 00 PP ATL PP S2 PP ATL PP S3 NREP ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 80 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 6 2 Transits Data Files NB Traffic and SB Traffic These files contain detailed information about finished transits per d
8. 2 9 O 12 16 0 Hi 0 8 1 096 19 2496 1 0 23 1 1 23 1 6 9596 01 01 4 4 4 0 0 1 0 296 08 16 02 1 296 39 2 8 1 5 0 6 1 2 0 2 1 296 29 22 o st 0 1 O 02 039 01 0 2 1 0 34 9 0 5 0 4 1 2 1 4 1 9 47 1 5 29 1 0 vow 27 3 596 16 22 o s 0 5 1 1 0 D 0 O D O 0 ojo Co No gt gt Sla ad to 1 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 72 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 5 6 Locks Occupation The rate of occupation of each lock is calculated per year and per month for up to 25 twenty five years and per direction of travel A lock is considered busy from the time a vessel enters it until it clears the lock The lock occupation per month is obtained by dividing the total busy time per the monthly available time considering that the locks have 2 two lanes in the Panamax Canal and that the Post Panamax locks have 1 one lane Yearly Report of Locks Occupation e PARAGON NORTHBOUND ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Southbound Pedro Miguel PP Atl Avg StD Avg StD Avg StD Avg StD Kani ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 73 0f 82 PARAGON SOFTWARE ED ee The following is the first page of the Locks Occupation Monthly Report They can be calculated for up to 300 three hundred months 12 months for each o
9. Po PANCANAL SIMULATION MODEL Batch Run l CArena gt For Help press F1 1219 625 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 59 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE Mia 3 4 2 Animate animated Model This option will load ARENA into memory ask for simulation start It will not quit ARENA application upon finishing model run 3 4 2 1 Changing Speed The user can speed up slow down simulation speed by using CTRL gt and CTRL lt during simulation run 3 4 2 2 Altering Zoom and Views Several zooms and views are available and can be accessed by hotkeys 3 4 2 3 Using Toolbar Standard ARENA toolbar allows the user to save print run stop and operate a simulation model within a familiar environment ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 60 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Mia 3 5 Scenario Results After the scenario is simulated any user may review the output tables indicated in the Sail Though screen below Press CTRL o for fast access to the outputs or go to the Sail Through from the Main Menu and then click on the output box Sail Through CLICK ON THE BOX TO ACCESS SCREEN Legend Current Sheet MN Yearly Reports MA 11 Monthly reports MA III Transits 7 I Yearly Reports II Monthly Reports N II Transits aueue Length Tugs and Crews Southbound Northbound CAMT ston T CUNT Transits Data lt ps Transits
10. TRA 152024 JINA 61723 INA688 nasasa TRIAC21 29 28 Cop 30 high TRIA 24 32 32 30 36 low TRIAC49 52 66 TRIA 14 15 19 TRIA 18 19 25 T T T TRIA 20 27 TRIAC16 16 27 TRIACT 7 8 TRIACS 56 62 TRIAC24 32 32 TRIAC18 20 24 TRIAC16 18 24 TRIAGE 7 3 TRIACS 50 57 TRIAC22 25 29 TRIA 20 22 27 TRIACT 19 273 TRIAC 7 EJ TRIA 52 56 63 TRIA 25 27 32 i T i T T T T T Jj hyo CIJO paaa Average 0 20 0 17 i 1 1 no En AG AA I I te LJ mm fe m O LO JHO RIA 1515 24 RIACE 7 5 RIAC46 50 56 TRIA 22 29 29 zm pa RlA 19 19 25 RlA 17 20 25 RlA E 7 8 RlA 45 52 59 TRIA 23 24 28 Magi 21 27 Average 0 54 0 16 0 20 0 53 0 26 25 or io O a lowfrmasisrey IRmAds1720 TRA 9 21 26 Maa 5380 IRA 242851 26 107 tao o 36 _high TRIAG7 63 76 __ TRIACIT 19 22 _ TRIA 21 24 28 RIA 54 seje TRIA25 29 34 Gaia I JO O Ti O O O O OO TO O O yoyo yo Tod A jed jod A od od a ao 3 RASS oF 66 TRIACS 27 31 Ji mi um 10 Average pagnag 18 Average 25 IMPORTANT whenever entering distributions never leave blank spaces at the end of the string Otherwise the model will not run Also try not to leave blank spaces between characters in the strings so that it will be less probable to have errors during model running ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revisi
11. Vessels Distribution Ma ana PARAGON per TY s Gl Main restricted area poekweu SOFTWARE Refrigerated Vehicle Carriers Size Beam Length General 1 25 30 100 200 DISC 0 05 4 25 30 pi REN Nm NIT Emi 0 0 kli si Ba maan Li O s 18 DISC 0 143 DISC 0 6 9O0 DISC 0 533 DISC 0 875 Ss DEERE ME me prana 20 Ha a da DE ena na Once the Yearly Size Ranges Distributions per Market Segment are entered the User must then specify how frequent the vessels listed in the Table of Typical Vessels appear on each Size Range throughout the simulation To copy the distributions in the model just press on the copy button and follow the instructions IMPORTANT the length of the distributions should be no longer than 2 600 two thousand and six hundred characters This is a limit imposed by Excel so try not to leave blank spaces between characters neither use more than 3 three decimals in the number format ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 48 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Mi a e Seasonality Through this table the user specifies the market segments monthly seasonality to be applied to the yearly number of transits It is only used in case the user specifies that the interface will calculate the demand figures to be exported to the Arena Model Note that the first month of the table is October which is by definition the fi
12. calculated by the interface It is exported to Arena in case the user has specified it will use Theoretical Demand distributions The first month per direction is also October the first month of the fiscal year sa hu PARAGON Monthly Traffic J Main onsulting Solutions ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Dry Bulk General Others Passengers Refrigerated Tankers Vehicle Total Cargo Carriers e y o o wo wo ono a S UNI NK 95 63 S n pp Manual Input Month Container Oct Mow Dec Feb har Aug Sep Total 2007 Oct Nov Dec t maa pasa paa pana D ACO O o o DO IM PI Fe RI PI 177 0 EF Q Ein MI Pea td Co ca CA Ra Ra BA LANG CG ese a a 1099 641 ar a a a a7 a a bo o mno m o o e a BI a a a as a z a a u bl 8 go 62 5 584 mm Feb Wlar lt AUG Total 2007 o o oww w Ga Total Year 2002 2036 2751 1030 1297 2D 2157 1806 763 12119 mni mu Nov Dec Feb Mar Ag J Sep Total 2002 Mi Mmm Novo De Feb Mar Aug mah TO J O KO NG CO CO Oo To A O EO CO CO J 00 CO i hi 01 CO in aj wad U 0 Oo Fa AE CELE iS CI mla mamba mmda mila mmda mla mla mala mia mh to ca oja po Us OO ojoj e In the table above the figures were specified by the user rather than being calculated by the interface ENHANCED MODEL v
13. queue lengths ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 30 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions In the example indicated in the picture above no more than 10 ten restricted vessels will be sent through the Post Panamax Canal in the Long Queue scenarios while not more than 5 five will be sent through it in the Short Queue scenarios The user must also determine the percentage of non restricted buckets that are to be assigned to the vessels with Combined Beam restriction CR code Note that buckets assigned to Combined Beam vessels can be used by Regular ships but only Regular ships can use Regular buckets Additionally in order to calibrate the time interval that non restricted ships are to enter the canal the user can also set the Time Between Vessels for the non restricted vessels in the section of the main screen illustrated below The times spent by the ships on both directions up to Gatun Lake are shown for reference only The longer the T B V the less buckets for non restricted vessels will be generated The shorter the T B V the more non restricted vessels will be allowed to enter the Canal but that might dramatically interfere in the time boundaries of restricted vessels T B for Unrestricted Vessels hours minutes 26 93 36 90 Figures for reference only NE Fottle neck to GT Lake 0 90 hours Remember that as more restricted vessels are allowed through the canal there will be less
14. 0 35 0 1 1 Vehicle Carriers 9 DISCO 98 1 1 100 DISC0 650 1 1 DISCW 45 1 1100 ISCO 64 0 1 1 If Vessel is not HML Denied HML is sorted as below DISC 0 113 2 0 287 4 1 DISC 0 027 2 0 475 4 1 Booking DISC 0 079 2 0 504 4 1 ee PD Vehicle Carriers DISC0 019 2 0 495 4 1 The message boxes that appear after clicking any of the copy buttons will guide the user to the correct place to paste each of the data columns into the Arena model Other types of discrete probabilistic distributions can be used though we recommend using the one described below DISC prob 1 index 1 prob 2 index 2 prob n index n Where prob 1 to prob n is the cumulative probabilistic distribution for index 1 to index n respectively being prob n no greater than 1 and prob 1 no smaller than O Additionally prob i 1 must be no greater than prob i where i is the index number ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 40 of 82 ROCKWELL SOFTWARE The characteristics of the vessel are translated into indexes read by the model as below The same indexes should be used by the user in order to set the distributions ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 Draft Status _ Index aa Status Booked 0 Yes No HML Code Index Ni KI Do co 2 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 41 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solution
15. 000 10000 965 1 10000 10000 SO DQ NND OJO oO a Oo IG z o e e When filling the blanks make sure the lower bound is lower then the upper bound Also remember that the model will assign the code to which the ship characteristics first matches the criteria by searching from top to bottom of the table This table is exported to the model through the Data wks file when pressing the Export Data button ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 37 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions The behavior of the vessels under each Restriction Code are explained in User s Manual Below are the indexes used by the model for PD and HML codes HML Code ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 38 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 2 4 2 HML Assignment A Sail Through PARAGON ACPI HML Assignment _ Main maa ROCKWELL SOFTWARE CODE Length Beam Drat PD Market Segment D 800 965 91 107 1000 Vehicle Carriers D 0 10000 o 107 o 1000 inspect 0 800 91 107 8 1000 Vehicle Carriers premeri Assign this code to all vessels that do 10t qualify for any other restriction code NOTE If a vessel is not denied according to the assignment rules stated abova she will follows inspection and be assigned an HML code based on the HML distributions input in the General Vessels Characteristics Screens When fillin
16. 10 Ballast draft distribution 11 PCUMS real von NO NAYON Table Of Typical Vessels sail Through PARAGON i Consulting Solutions E Main restricted area ROCKWELL SOFTWARE a ZN a Copy Internal No NAME MarketSegment BR LR SR Beam Length LadenDrat BallastDrat PCUMS 4 AALSMEERGRACHT General Cargo ej a 116 6241 425 85 trac3025 30 25 30 25 1787 6429 DD 5laBawa Refigeratea ejl 4 116 6306 408 46 Triac22 2223 1875 5208 O 6 BRA Dybuk _ 12 5 181 80 84 526 18 Tria 20 92 2092 2092 1910o 11974 sjacacaN Dybuk 42 5 181 80 78 524 39 o acme CD yBulk 9 264 105 77 738 12 Tria 38 42 38 83 39 25 05 77 739 19 Tria 37 17 38 58 39 33 6 1 1 12 ACHTERGRACHT General Cargo 8 116 ria 22 92 25 75 27 92 6 99 94 587 93 Tria 31 5 32 67 33 83 105 91 738 22 105 75 831 69 17 ADAMO ria 15 08 15 08 15 08 ria 32 33 13 34 25 DYGEJA ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 47 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions Additionally the user must specify the maximum allowed dimensions for both a Panamax and a Post Panamax Canal vessel to be read by the model A maximum of 6500 six thousand and five hundred vessels can be created and loaded into the model To copy the table of typical vessels to the model just press the copy button and follow the instructions e Vessels Distribution ACP 5 L
17. 2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 52 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions e Yearly Evolution of Transits This table is either filled by the user if the Manual Input option for demand figures was chosen or calculated by the interface It is exported to Arena in case the user has specified it will use Theoretical Demand distributions AL TY Yearly Evolution of Transits _ Main ae ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Calculated Input Dry Bulk General Cargo Refrigerated Vehicle Carriers 2002 2003 111 109 108 1410 063 111 ttt 3 2004 120 1418 116 119 090 NI 0 2011 2012 gt NI 2013 2014 CI 5 2016 Jl 2018 2019 mh KO 00 0 25 5 7 1 14 2015 1 2 2017 PI NI NI NI BIWIN S The specified multipliers refer to how much higher or lower will be the transits for future fiscal years when compared to the first year of the table ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 53 of 82 ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE Miza PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 2 6 Downtimes Sail Through CLICK ON THE BOX TO WICH SCREEN YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ma 1 Main 1 Restric 1 Discrete Sequencing Code SE Variables Assingmerit 2 Transit and 2 HML 2 Table of 3 Size Range 4 Wessels Lock Times Assingmerit Size Ranges Distribution Distribution N Vessels 3 General a 3 Sequencer Wessels 5 Table of Chars 45 S
18. 6 SM PINC AA AA cece k ede et a PAPA 17 DOO SAVE OCENANO ea ane PANA NGAGE NANANA 18 3 1 4 sale SO Be steel HO I A ENE PA EMEA RANA MN 18 3 1 4 1 Real Time SEQUENCING Option aaa 19 3 1 4 2 Panamax Vessels at Post panamax Locks Option Allow Pnmx at PPLock 19 Salat ZENELI ODNO aaa AA E eo aa AA NAA 20 3 1 4 4 Channel Restriction Option Aa 20 DS Demand OJ ee eo nee PA EE 20 JAAG Eana COMM A OM Ms a AA PER PRE EMEA 20 3 1 4 7 Scheduling Strategy a 20 3 1 4 8 of Chambers at the Post Panamax LOCKS n 21 3 1 4 9 Locks operating NO GA Ne AG NANA ADAN AA AA Sea 21 3 1 4 10 Enhanced Regular aaa 21 3 1 5 COMME AA EA 22 3 1 6 Demand FIQUES AA AA AA 22 S161 AVA A ae SR ANAK a a AE REN ANINA ENEM 23 Siko VA E ONI eee EA a me eee een eee eee ee 23 3 2 o A A AP 24 3 2 1 Configuring Main Sequencing Variables ne 26 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 3 of 82 ROCKWELL E3 PARAGON SOFTWARE las Consulting Solutions 3 2 2 Transit and Lockage TIMOS aaa nEn riS aR eNi SEE EE E EEEE 28 3 2 3 AE eseje AGA APA AA AA 30 32 3 1 Settings and Dala INO Un ei ej ado a a oja ie elje ooo en be ee aka ble n a ka a 30 3 2 3 2 Running the PrE SEGUENCET ina ea GANDA Sea dje ee levi obale oa ale bebe bna 32 3 2 4 Configuring Rules and Restrictions ana 36 3 2 4 1 Restriction Code Assignment
19. 8 6 15 05 16 58 11 80 11 97 13 50 18 13 19 68 21 22 _ 805 1627 5 11 22 10 05 11 77 000 000 0 0 00 0 00 0 10 00 0 00 0 aaa om na 21 95 29 74 22 18 30 32 4 o0 o0 o0 0 00 2072 21 52 21 27 22 07 2182 22 62 22 37 23 17 22 92 23 47 24 27 2435 3214 5 sa 2063 3300 4 2458 3300 5 55 21 02 2442 7 Zo ees AR gt 22 35 30 14 KE 22 58 G2 A gt MR A GI Gd Go Co Co Go Go GOT Oo N N N CO COIN D Or AION JO N Wo N oo N oO 22 15 30 54 22 98 side 4 23 15 30 94 4 4 gt oy R ol Ci Ci NE Bucket Cd Ca Ug Cg Cg CU 19 CA 5 16 ta 20 Ca z 5 UU 5 z a 5 at a C43 a 5 s er er UU 50 1 UU 82 UU 53 a UU 55 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 34 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 2 Count of Buckets The number of buckets per direction and Restriction can be analyzed by clicking on the View Count of Buckets button SV buckets count is exported through the 9 column to distinguish them from NR buckets PARAGON Consulting Solutio Count of Buckets NorthBound SouthBound 5 3 2 1 4 6 7 8 5 5 3 2 4 6 7 8 amp 8 NR cc Dicc ep CR PDLCC PCCDL Pec sv NR cc prec cepi CR PDLCC PCCDL PCC a OO
20. 8 16046 007 16 96 22 56 8 31 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 652 100 00 17046 0 16 96 2256 831 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 6 52 100 008 18046 0 16 96 2256 831 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 652 100 004 19046 16 96 22 56 831 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 652 100 00 20046 1 16 96 22 56 8 31 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 652 100 008 21046 KI NI DID DIO DIN KI 22 56 2204 22 56 2304 22 56 2404 22 56 2504 KI Ko RI Ko RI Ko O ol o o o o co NI o a o KI O LB 16 96 22 96 8 31 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 6 52 00 00 2604 16 96 22 06 8 31 10 71 1 74 16 00 15 20 6 5296 00 00 2 04 pos O 22 56 00 00 3204 22 56 00 00 3304 2024 16 96 22 56 3404 02 22 56 3504 25 2026 16 96 22 56 3604 o PI BI BI KOI KO NO NO NO CIJE OJOIOJOIDO NI IN _ CI Nn QO HAD MA 2 16 96 22 96 0 3196 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 6 52 00 00 3004 17 6 9 16 96 22 96 8 31 10 71 1 74 16 00 15 20 6 92 00 00 2004 2 16 96 22 96 0 3196 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 6 52 00 00 3104 iii 6 5 fi 5 1 i i 1 l 1 1 16 96 22 96 8 31 10 71 1 74 16 00 15 20 6 52 100 00 2904 j 1 i 1 i i l 1 i 1 l i 1 NI cn 6 8 9 1 25 It is only used in case the user specifies that the interface will calculate the demand figures to be exported to the Arena Model In this table the user must di
21. ARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 Enhanced Model Interface The Excel Interface file named Scenario xls is the link between the ACP Analysts and the Arena Model Simulation of the Panama Canal Vessel Transits Through the interface the user will be able to modify the model behavior causes as well as view the scenario performance key indicators Through this Interface the analyst will be able to manage all input data necessary to run the model set different parameters to run Arena run the model and read the results of each scenario created 3 1 Main Menu Through the Main Menu screen the user will be able to access all the input output screens and other system modules to properly configure input parameters ES Files 8 Directories A prone Directory PARAGON ZL Fie Directory ACP iteiame ROGKMELL EH y Analyst Name Actual Scenario Description Simulation Parameters Real time Sequencing v Extended Cut T Animate E Tandem v Allow Pnmx at PPlock Channel Restrition T Simulation Starts in mm yyyy including 102001 Demand Origin Theoretical and Discrete Simulation Ends in mmiyyyy excluding 102002 Canal Configuration Panamax Number of replications integer Activate Transits Log File Yes No scheduling Strategy Semi convay Chambers at the Post panamax Locks Fa Maximum period in queue days d 1 Locks Operating Modes C Manual Warm up period daysj Automatic Navigation Buttons Loc
22. CKWELL pa File Directory C Simulation Enhanced Model SOFTWARE Data Source File Analyst Name Schedule File CASimulation Enhanced ModehSchedule txt CASimulationtEnhanced Model BucketsCount txt Restricted Vessels Ougug Lengtk T B V for Unrestricted Vessels ee hours minutes Pam 0 5 7 26 93 12 3690 ma o Figures for reference only CR Buckets per Total of Unrestricted Buckets NE Bottle neck to GT Lake 0 90 hours Navigation Buttons Comments on the Pre Sequencer ias Change Data Source by H View Timetables a s Run Pre Sequencer IM view Buckets Count First the user must specify the File Directory path and the User Interface file that shall be used by the Pre sequencer Click on the Change Data Source button in the Pre sequencer Main Screen and then select file as indicated by the red dashed ellipse in the picture above The next step is to define what is the short medium and long restricted vessels queue lengths upper limits both for the Panamax and Post Panamax Canal scenarios indicated by the blue dashed ellipse in the picture above The short and medium queues upper limits are exported to the model through the first line of the Bucketscount txt file The long queue limit is not used by the model Note that the maximum queue length for restricted vessels that should be sent through the Post Panamax locks is equal to the difference between the Post Panamax and Panamax Canal
23. Data Southbound Morthbeound Billing Tons Billing Tons 4 Buckets H Buckets Of Transits Ltilization Ltilization Southbound Morthbound Vessels i vessels Generated Generated l i i j Through the output tables circled the user is able to access averages and standard deviation of the key performance parameters obtained from the simulated scenario aggregated per year per month and per transit for ships heading southbound and northbound this data also can be find in database file pancanal mdb Canal Waters Time per Restriction Code In transit Time per Restriction Code Waiting Times at anchorages and tie ups Billing Tons per Market Segment of Transits per Market Segment Locks Occupation Average Queue Length ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 61 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Biak Yearly results can be accessed in the Yearly Reports section of the output screens the monthly results in the Monthly Reports section and the transits data in the Transits section Note that the standard deviation will only be calculated in case more than one replication was requested The interface also supplies consolidated average figures per year or month for the outputs listed above except for Queue Length and Locks Occupation 3 5 1 Canal Waters Time CWT Below is the next the CWT tables layout for up to 25 twenty five years Figures in hours are merely i
24. ELL Post panamax highlighted in red for vessel no greater than 3744 SOFTWARE NORTHBOUND SOUTHBOUND Vessel Market Vessel Est Arrival Market HE Date Time Segment Vessel Name No Date Time Segment Vessel Name ee 10 06 02 00 00 MU EU EN ng i 2 raisin 2589 theo Ll bot 2 2 10 06 0203 00 others 550 1 2 72 10 06 0223 00 General Cargo ALCHIBA aa ima ai 3 GA KA AA ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 43 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 2 5 2 Theoretical Demand e Table of Size Ranges Vessels are distributed in terms of their dimensions based on the range limits as defined bellow Beam and Length Ranges lana PARAGON restricted area ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Beam Ranges Length Ranges Table of Size Ranges BR JUp LR BoD Changes in these tables do not automatically change the vessel size ranges distributions This must separately be done by the User The user can set up to 16 sixteen upper bounds for Length Range limits and up to 30 thirty upper bounds for Beam Ranges ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 44 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions Table Of Size Ranges L Sail Through PARAGON k _ Main restricted area 7 ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Beam and Legth Ranges 10 22 26 2 30 35 6 570 600 The combination of the Beam and Size Range generates a total of 480 possible Size Ranges which c
25. GUIDE Revision 1 57 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 3 Exporting Data Navigation Buttons Sail Through cfr s 3 Update Results aaa aisi eee ee ae ee O 1 Export Data l 4 Print Manager m 2 Simulate ke 2 Save Scenario After all the input data have been inserted it must be exported to Arena model by pressing the Export Data button This operation generates files data wks locks failures wks Discrete NB txt and Discrete SB txt in the specified folder 3 4 Simulation The user may simulate the scenario with or without animation However the second option may dramatically reduce simulation time and speed up analysis simulation Parameters Animate E ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 58 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions Navigation Buttons Sail Through ctr s 3 Update Results 1 Export Data 4 Print Manager i a aa aa agawa 2 Simulate i Fa 5 Save Scenario AA AA ee J 3 4 1 Batch Simulation no animation This option will load ARENA into memory start simulation automatically and immediately quit ARENA application upon finishing model run fi Arena pancanal pnmx batch doe File Edit View Tools Arrange Object Run Window Help ZEM BS a NE Desa SS SQ he oe B ope eles Vaarnwu wn Mo Z 8X i ang PARAGON Consulting Solutions Aa OR ora Z
26. Length Tugs and Crews Southbound Northbound CAMT GE Transits Data a amp Transits Data Southbound Morthbound Buckets s Buckets Ltilization Ltilization Southbound Morthbound Of Transits Locks Occup Of Transits Locks Occup Vessels 3 Vessels Generated Generated 3 1 3 2 Export Data Used for exporting all input data to the ARENA Simulation Models 3 1 3 3 Simulate Activate ARENA Software and loads the model animated or not After ARENA is loaded the user may need to activate the Run toolbar on ARENA 3 1 3 4 Update Results After the simulation ends the user shall return to Excel and update the output screens ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 16 of 82 ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE lie 3 1 3 5 Print Manager The Print Manager button brings up the following screen Print Manager Please choose the itens you want to print Main Menu Monthly Report All RC Assignment HhL Assignment m General Vessels Chars Seasonality Yearly Traffic Monthly Traffic Yearly Report early Evolution of Transits Discrete Arrivals All Demand Alb O E E g gi Wain Sequencing Variables Transits and Lock Times Table of Size Ranges Size Range Distribution vessels Distribution Vessels Ok Cancel LI Bl G Il Il Wi Wi WI Mia G MOL IM IG Mi PARAGON Consulting Solutions Executive Summary Of Transists Billing Tons CVT ITT Waiting times Locks Occupatio
27. PARAGON Consulting Solutions se AUTORIDAD DEL CAHAL CE PAHAMA ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 USER S GUIDE SIMULATION MODEL OF PANAMA CANAL VESSEL TRANSITS February 2005 Revision 1 PARAGON Consulting Solutions Table of Contents 1 DEO CUIG 1 e AA AA AA AAAH AA PAPA PA 5 2 Simulation System Concept AA 5 2 1 1 DSOMWal ee regule menis ni area aa no ri nja E a GIG AGUA AA 6 2 1 2 Hardware requirements a 6 2 1 3 PENS FeAl ANI ARA AA AA T 2 1 4 commen apot ODBC na E E E E E T 8 2 1 5 System Files and Directories aaa 9 9 Ennaticed Model INO ACE s sa ara ae oa G AA AGA 11 3 1 Main IV I PAA AAAH AA 11 3 1 1 Scenario Name 8 Directories a 12 o na Ba Pa BNG ENA DIECON AA 12 es File DIECON AA Ir A eee er a aa mam 12 B lila FIC NAME ee AG GAAN AA AA 12 ald ASN NG aNG ANAN ATA AA 12 3 1 2 Ue ON sy IOUS S aaa NAAALAALA AE AA 13 Salad AU MAG ama paga AGA AA AN NAGA 13 o a 47 a GA AA 13 3 1 2 3 Starting and Ending Dates ane 13 3 1 2 4 Number of Replications Aa 13 3 1 2 5 Activate Transits Log File a 14 3 1 2 6 Maximum Period in Queue at the Outer Anchorages 14 3 1 3 NATIGANON BUON naaa E E E AA AG 15 Fko ao ee eea E E E E MORE NENA 15 Feo POED ee ee AA AA 16 o By RG bo SMUE AA ee EEN 16 3 1 3 4 Update Results sranja oe NAG ea nei nea ea 1
28. SOFTWARE 70 of 82 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions The following is the first page of the Monthly Number of Transits Report The figures can be calculated for up to 300 three hundred months 12 months for each of the 25 years Monthly Report of of Transits a PARAGON NORTHBOUND NOEKWELL SOFTWARE Consolitade In versus Qut Southbound fear iona EERTE be aa Se Pasig Beta Taon eh pent ag So ome Sora Sb oma S S Era AA AA Aa aa a an a pang kara EI aag Paa ee GAS Also in the same table the user can compare the actual yearly or monthly throughput of the scenario with the expected output by clicking on the In versus Out button on the right side of the screen ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 71 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions Expected output is calculated both based on the first year monthly number of transits and on the yearly traffic increase input or calculated in the Yearly Evolution of Transits table see Sailing Through Inputs Monthly Report of of Transits in x out ew PARAGON NORTHBOUND CA ROCK WELL emi SOFTWARE Others Passengers Vehicle Carriers Abs 5 O Bi 0 6 D so s 100 0 5 4 7 6 2 44 0 0 04 0 7 19 5 4 100 0 0 5 06 2 9 6 6 0 5 0 7 2 6 6 3 3 2 2 slo S 1 0 3 0 5 0 2
29. UIDE Revision 1 36 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 2 4 1 Restriction Code Assignment The user must specify the Restriction Code and its respective the minimum and the maximum length Beam Draft HML and PD limits For the Beam Draft and Length ranges the lower bound is included in the range while the upper bound is excluded For the HML and PD codes the upper bound is included in the range Figures in ft Restriction Code sail Through PARAGON BI Main onsulting Solutions Assignment ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Draft Min 39 51 39 51 peti x BG D x eb PRL ee error J CDI 03 CO CO nin O si 107 107 CDI co on No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 38 01 39 51 39 51 CO ob a cn cn co O O Min O 95 ei 900 man imi m m jeni 91 eti 95 EM 95 ram 95 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1200 1000 o 10000 180 0 1100 150 1100 10000 1100 10000 mm 140 a Kag 140 o 9651 O 107 mam ii num imam 107 No No Yes 1000 1000 10000 1000 10000 1000 0 965 1 107 O 10000 1000 No Yes 10000 1000 N No Yes 91 95 95 95 91 91 140 140 107 No 107 Li 4 N N O 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 1200 10000 1100 1100 1100 10000 965 1 10
30. an be read in the first page of the Table of Size Ranges ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 45 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions e Size Ranges Distribution lt A Size Range Distribution a PARAGON Bi Hi Main TO restricted area _ porxwi SOFTWARE Cargo Carriers 2002 DISC 0 014 DISC O 004 DISC O 015 DISC O 015 DISC 0 004 DISCO 057 DISC 0 004 DISC 0 013 2003 6 2007 8 2009 a zi ia TE Through this screen the User is able to specify the vessels size ranges arrival distributions for each Market Segment for up to 25 twenty five years It is also on this screen that the user establishes the first year of data to be input in the remaining tables To copy these distributions to the model just press on the copy button and follow the instructions ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 46 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions e Table of Typical Vessels The vessel population list is in the Typical Vessels Table where the following information is supplied for each vessel Internal number of the vessel integer Vessel name text string Her market segment text string Beam range number integer based on the table of beam ranges Length range number integer based on the table of length ranges Size range number integer based on the table of size ranges Beam real Length real Laden draft distribution
31. available It is not a parameter considered by the Pre seguencer for generating the timetables 3 1 4 2 Panamax Vessels at Post panamax Locks Option Allow Pnmx at PPLock Though this feature has not been specified by the ACP if checked allows Panamax vessels to utilize Post panamax locks It is not a parameter considered by the Pre seguencer for generating the timetables ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 19 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Biak 3 1 4 3 Extended Cut Option With the Extended Cut option activated Post panamax vessels will not be able to meet other Post panamax vessels in these channels It is not a parameter considered by the Pre sequencer for generating the timetables 3 1 4 4 Channel Restriction Option If checked those vessels assigned PCCHDL and PDLCCH restriction codes through the Restriction Code Assignment Table will not be allowed to face opposing traffic at the Saltwater to Access Channels and at the Galliard Cut extension If not they will respectively behave as PCCDL and PDLCC vessels It is not a parameter considered by the Pre sequencer for generating the timetables 3 1 4 5 Demand Origin Even though it is not considered as a scenario component as described above the user is required to set how the demand values in this section are to be loaded whether it is based on discrete arrivals or on theoretical distributions If Discrete Only option is select
32. ay 60 0 72 QD O N t t t t 0 2 CO 2 t real leave tieup MF PM 60 t real arrival tieup MF PM 60 t real arrival PM northbound 60 t real leave tieup MF PM 60 t real enter PM northbound 60 t real arrival PM northbound 60 t real clear PM northbound 60 t real enter PM northbound 60 NO O 0 0 1 1 QI t real leave PM northbound 60 t real clear PM northbound 60 t real arrival st 2035 60 t real leave PM northbound 60 0 11 T real arrival PPMAX Pac NB 60 t real leave buoy 26 60 237 07 t real arrival gt anchor 60 t real leave buoy 79 60 1 41 l HA T real leave PPMAX Pac NB 60 T real clear PPMAX Pac NB 60 t real leave st 2035 60 t real arrival st 2035 60 t real arrival cucachara NB 60 t real leave st 2035 60 t real leave cucachara NB 60 t real arrival cucachara NB 60 UH cal ara J x E PM n 0 T real enter PPMAX Pac NB 60 T real arrival PPMAX Pac NB 60 T real clear PPMAX Pac NB 60 T real enter PPMAX Pac NB 60 sl arual cve o L amboa r 0 t real arrival st 2035 60 T real leave PPMAX Pac NB 60 239 17 CI ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 83 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Biak o NorthboundHeadings S Example treal leave gt anchor 60 t real arrival gt anchor 6o 0 00 t real arrival gt northbound 60 t real leave gt Anchor 60 t real enter gt northbound 60 t real arrival gt norihbound 6 0 00 t real leave gt northbound 60 t
33. easonality Tipycal legend 6 Yearly 7 Monthly Oe Current Sheet BE LcConfig ME I Rules EE II Arrival MIX Traffic Traffic Transits MA Vessel Mix Forecast MA Market Segment Forecast The user is allowed to setup only scheduled downtimes for Miraflores Pedro Miguel Gatun Pacific and Atlantic locks by determining the resource start date of downtime and the duration in hours When during outage only the west lane will be put down The time before T B D and after T A D downtime during which a traffic reduction should be applied T R should also be setup The traffic reduction will always be applied during downtime The total downtime entered is summed up solely for guidance ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 54 of 82 Downtime Duration Hours ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 Scheduled Downtimes Ko Start date iddimmagagaj PARAGON Consulting Solutions __ Sail Through PARACON Consulting Solutions heey LAE 48 o 15 55 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Bad 3 2 7 Tug Requirements Setup First the ships receive the value for the attribute ind_tug which corresponds to the line number in the table below which is built into decide blocks named decide index tug SB and decide index tug NB Length Range Market Segment To P a r zoo 14 180 2 2 o 120 107 140 2 727
34. ed Seasonality Yearly Traffic Monthly Traffic and Yearly Evolution of Transits screens will be inaccessible and the model will only generate discrete arrivals It is not a parameter considered by the Pre sequencer for generating the timetables 3 1 4 6 Canal configuration Though this field the user must define whether she wants to run a Panamax or a Post panamax scenario If a Post panamax scenario is chosen the Post panamax locks will be turned on Note that if a Post panamax scenario is to be simulated the user must additionally update the following input data accordingly Restriction Code Assignments HML Assignments General Vessel Characteristics Vessel Arrival Mix vessel and market segment forecast 3 1 4 7 Scheduling Strategy At this time as per specified only semi convoy option can be simulated by the system ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 20 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 1 4 8 of Chambers at the Post Panamax Locks The system allows the user to set whether there will be 2 two or 3 three chambers in the post Panamax locks In case of a Panamax Canal simulation this parameter shall be disregarded 3 1 4 9 Locks operating modes The user can specify whether the model will run throughout the whole simulation length in the manual mode or on the automatic mode In case the option is manual the user must specify the operating modes for the locks otherwise the model will s
35. ed in PC UMS units and obtained per Market Segment and per year for up to 25 twenty five years in the Yearly Report Yearly Report of Billing Tons m PARAGON NORTHBOUND ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Consolitade Dn ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 68 of 82 PARAGON ROCKWELL EA SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions The figures are sum up per month and can be calculated for up to 300 three hundred months 12 The following is the first page of the Billing Tons monthly report months for each of the 25 years PARAGON Consulting Solutions _ Sail Through Monthly Report of Billing Tons NORTHBOUND O I o i Se par o CI m a a CG O de 2 lt S w a a Ela o a pa pea pij E wm z ne mw pod a m w mw S O o m O w a a KA m o Consolitade 69 of 82 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 PARAGON Bei S Southbound PARAGON Consulting Solutions In versus Out Sail Through Consolitade assengers O Z Q co ske e O Pa mah Cargo ib a ib am Co ta bja O H bijan O ka O Q wo na a co O gt eS The yearly number of transits is calculated per Market Segment and per year for up to 25 twenty five 3 5 5 Number of Transits years in the Yearly Report ow DAS DEK CANAL DE a preb gt ED ee
36. eing calculated by the interface or by the user Demand Figures Manual Input Calculated Input ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 22 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 1 6 1 Manual Input If the Manual Input option is chosen the user has to calculate both the Monthly Number of Transits per Market Segment and direction for the first year as well as the yearly increase of traffic Yearly Evolution of Transits up to 25 twenty five years In this case the Seasonality and the Yearly Traffic screens are disabled and disregarded 3 1 6 2 Calculated Input If the analyst wants to have the number of monthly transits per Market Segment and direction calculated as well as yearly evolution of transits based on forecast breakdown she should select the Calculated Input option By doing so the user has to input in the Market Segment Forecast section of the Interface e Through the Seasonality Screen monthly seasonality per direction and Market Segment e Through the Yearly Traffic total number of transits per year and the respective share per Market Segment as well as the percentage of traffic that flows on each direction ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 23 of 82 ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Biak PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 2 Data Input Data input are the heart of this simulation model The quality of the input data will dramatically impact the simulation results If low qualit
37. el Restrition v Demand Origin Theoretical and Discrete Canal Configuration Panamax scheduling Strategy SeMi canvoy Chambers at the Post panamax Locks Z Locks Operating Modes Manual Enhanced Gatun Regular Regular f Automatic Postpan Atl nhanced Postpan Pac 1 Enhanced ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 18 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions A scenario is defined based on a combination of the following parameters Canal Configuration PosPanamax 2 Scheduling Strategy Semi convoy 1 Convoy NE Fog Foggy eR o Panamax Locks Operating Mode All Regular Cf Hy AIHEnhanced o2 LEM I2Rg 3 Sunrise 8 Sunset Sets Sands Sett Hoy Sands Set2_ 2 Sands Set3 ooo3 NB 8 SB Upper Bound Oueue Lengths Short Shot 1 Short Medium 2 ShortLong 3 MMedium Shott 4 Medium Medium 5 Medium Long 6 Long Medium 8 Longton 9 Post panamax Locks Operating Mode or Chambers at the Post panamax Locks 5s 2 chambers 1 3 chambers 2 Total number of Scenarios 2592 Ci BR OO N Zf N gt O MN Ia ID Ii ini gt N For further details concerning how a scenario is composed and determined on a daily basis during a simulation run please refer to the Pre seguencing section in the User s Manual 3 1 4 1 Real Time Seguencing Option If checked allows vessels to be scheduled on the same day of their arrival if there are buckets
38. f the 25 years PARAGON Consulting Solutions Sail Through c O S O O O o Z x 8a M LI 55 O v Z e gt e ljem c O ST Southbound z URI O a a 74 of 82 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 5 7 Queue Length The rate of occupation of each lock is calculated per year and per month for up to 25 twenty five years and per direction of travel The queue lengths are measured every 30 thirty minutes Yearly Report of Queue Length PARAGON NORTHBOUND sa ROCKWEL GA SOFTWARE Southbound gt gt MF TU TU MF PM TU PM Pm lock Aux PM Lock ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 75 of 82 PARAGON HA Southbound gt gt TU PM PM lock Aux PM Lock Cut Cuc moor Gatun anc Consulting Solutions PARAGON _ Sail Through o Monthly Report of Queue Length NORTHBOUND ST Bran RD DRI DAGA t rassas They can be calculated for up to 300 three hundred months 12 months for each of the 25 years The following is the first page of the Locks Occupation Monthly Report gt ED ee SOFTWARE 76 of 82 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Mia 3 6 Transits Data Sail Through CLICK ON THE BOX TO ACCESS SCREEN Legend Current Sheet MN Yearly Rep
39. g the blanks make sure the lower bound is lower then the upper bound Also remember that the model will assign the code to which the ship characteristics first matches the criteria by searching from top to bottom of the table This table is exported to the model through the Data wks file when pressing the Export Data button ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 39 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 2 4 3 General Vessel Characteristics PD Booking and Draft Status The user must copy each of the columns of the spreadsheet below into the Arena model by using the Copy Buttons Area Ta Ba Sail Through PARAGON ACP x se General Vessel Characteristics vain PANATA restricted area ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Market Segment ey Northbound Southbound Draft Status Booking Status Draft Status Booking Status ae ES I5C 0 99 1 1 100 ISC 0 89 0 1 1 DISC 0 99 1 1 100 DISC 0 89 0 1 1 Dry Bulk ISC 0 86 1 1 100 ISC 0 23 0 1 1 DISC 0 99 1 1 100 DISC 0 2 0 1 1 ISC 0 26 0 1 1 ISC 0 68 1 1 100 DISC 0 2 0 1 1 D D D DISC 0 29 0 1 1 DISC 0 27 0 1 1 D D D D General Cargo Dao oscoss11 10 Others scemi lpscosi1 1m D D D D DISC 0 83 1 1 100 ISC 0 96 0 1 1 DISC 0 99 1 1 100 DISC 0 96 0 1 1 Passengers JO DISC 0 96 1 1 100 Refrigerated 0 JDISC O 99 1 1 100 DSC06011 OO JDISC D 39 1 1 100 DISC O 5 0 1 1 ISC 0 52 1 1 100 DISCO 29 0 1 1 DISC0 89 1 1 100 DISC
40. ie up North Pedro Miguel Locks Tie up South Post Panamax Pacific Locks South Cucaracha Moorings Gatun Anchorage Gatun Locks Tie up North Post Panamax Atlantic Locks North The following is the Waiting Times table layout for up to 25 twenty five years Values are in hours Sail Through PARAGON ON Yearly Report of Waiting Times m NG NORTHBOUND m7 ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Cons olitade ht Hoo Mih Pa Nob PP Pac South Southbound JE JI i PP Pac North Ay ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 66 of 82 Consulting Solutions PARAGON The following is the first page of the Waiting Times monthly averages table They can be calculated for up to 300 three hundred months 12 months for each of the 25 years ROCKWELL EA SOFTWARE PARAGON Consulting Solutions PP Pac North SID ura umi KE Nam luni upov NE ase PE nami mmm umes a e ee Sa lai num ENE nuj pena iz BES Era uri ari es es ae zm pro SAMA UU Sf MTL AULT ML UU UHH AULT MUL MTL HUH SU HA _ Sail Through P Pac South Consolitade Southbound gt gt MF Moor O d amp n I O co I ce O MF_ North fa D E O u O xE O a D ce k m o at South Pat Anch 67 of 82 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 9 4 Billing Tons Billing Tons are measur
41. irection including Transit number Vessel characteristics Time at which the vessel passed by each point or mark of the Canal Spans of time between consecutive marks Replication and scenario numbers Old and New CWT calculations ITT If vessel was scheduled on the same day of her arrival flow traffic If channel restricted restch The next table indicates examples of outputs per each heading for northbounds Similar headings are used for southbound transits Northbound Headings Example 1 transit number t ballast booking booking ori Billing tons 6 640 00 hml restriction ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 81 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Mia Northbound Headings S Example S 3 t t t z T real clear PPMAX_Pac_NB 1440 T_ INIT 21 9 01 0 00 T real leave PPMAX Pac NB 1440 T INIT 21 9 01 0 00 t real arrival st 2035 14404T INIT 30 9 01 23 10 3 real leave buoy 79 14404T INIT 1 10 01 0 17 t real leave st 2035 14404T INIT 0 9 01 23 10 t t t real clear gt northbound 14404T INIT 1 10 01 3 15 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 82 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 1 10 01 3 15 21 9 01 0 00 21 9 01 0 00 21 9 01 0 00 21 9 01 0 00 1 10 01 3 26 1 10 01 3 26 1 10 01 3 33 1 10 01 3 33 1 10 01 3 45 t real underway 60 t underway 60 t real underway 60 T arrival 60 29 09 real arrival buoy 15 60 t real underw
42. k Name Lane Mode _ Sail Through cir s 3 Update Results 1 1 Export Data 4 Print Manager Miraflores Fost pan Atl Aam SE Comments on the Scenario I Demand Figures IMPORTANT the user can only alter texts highlighted CTRL m back to Main Menu CTRL s activate Sail Through CTRL i activate Sail Through Input Mode CTRL o activate Sail Through Output Mode ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 11 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE Miza 3 1 1 Scenario Name amp Directories Follows a description of fields through which the user determines the Scenario name respective data files and Arena Software directories 3 1 1 1 Arena Directory The correct path of current Arena s Version is required to activate the model Please review if ARENA was installed using the default path which is usually C Program Files Rockwell Software Arena 8 01 Without correct path simulation model will not run Note that the path should have the character in the end 3 1 1 2 File Directory Please make sure that the file directory is inserted and corresponds to where all files were placed The model will not automatically detect it Note that the path should have the character 1 in the end 3 1 1 3 File Name This is the scenario name and the interface file name once you save it In the example below the interface will receive the file name Scenario panamax x
43. llustrative Canal Waters Time is equal to the span of time starting from ready time until the ship passes buoy 1 on the other side of the Canal Sail Through IARAC QO Yearly Report of CWT a PARAGON NORTHBOUND ROCKWELL SOFTWARE iH Consolidate Southbound CE OLEC COOL CR POLCE PECOL PEE NG ng 23 8 KA UME HE MU z uo Co jes EA O EA O O Aro CI O ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 62 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE bi The following is the first page of the CWT monthly averages table They can be calculated for up to 300 three hundred months 12 months for each of the 25 years Sail Through ADAI Yearly Report of CWT saman NORTHBOUND ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Consolidate Southbound Mg Cc Dice ceb CR PDLCC z Seco 25 76 a Nm CI CI 27 69 2604 6743 25 76 doo um oof oof noo omoj oof noo oof noo omoj o o Ooo noo coo noo omoj o oof coo Cl oof noo oof C 0 cool coco noo Ooo o 000 oof f oof oof omoj o oof cool oof awo omj o um noo oof oof oof o oof oo CJ oof Go coo owo oo coco owo ooj o owo oo om OMO om o o Ae cool coco noo Ooo o owo oof f o
44. ls 3 1 1 4 Analyst Name It is meant to identify the person who set up the scenario saved under the name given Files amp Directories Arena Directory Carena 5 0 File Directory CASImulatomEnhanced Model File Name Analyst Name O f ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 12 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 1 2 Simulation Parameters Simulation Parameters Animate E Tandem m Simulation Starts in mm yyyy including 102001 simulation Ends in mmiyyyy excluding 12002 Number of replications integer Activate Transits Log File Yes No Maximum period in queue days Warm up period days Navigation Buttons Sail Through cir s 3 Update Results 1 Export Data 4 Print Manager 2 Simulate 5 Save Scenario The simulation parameters basically refer to the run set up parameters as per defined in the Run set up Arena screen which in this model should be set through the user interface 3 1 2 1 Animate If this box is checked the Schematic animation will be turned on once you click on the Simulation button 3 1 2 2 Tandem If checked vessels will tandem whenever possible 3 1 2 3 Starting and Ending Dates Through these fields the user specifies the simulation starting and end month and year Make sure simulation always starts in October which is considered the first month of the Fiscal Year The model outputs will not be consistent in case this rule is not respected
45. n IUJELJE Length Of Transists Billing Tons CVT ITT wating times Locks Occupation aueue Length Table of Typical Wessels Through this menu the user will be able to specify which screens to print In case only an Executive Summary is desired the following screens can be printed Input Screens o Main Menu o Yearly Traffic o Monthly Traffic Qutput Screens yearly reports o of Transits Billing Tons CWT ITT Locks Occupation Queue Length OO OO O ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 17 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE Miza Be aware that the table of typical vessels has about 6 500 lines which would require more than 200 two hundred pages of printout 3 1 3 6 Save Scenario Pressing this button saves the scenario with the specified name given on the File Name field and in the specified directory It is recommended to save the model a After modifying data before simulation b After simulation and updating results Please keep in mind that if a scenario was saved after simulation and no update results were used the scenario will have blanks or previous results 3 1 4 Scenario Description In this section the user is required to configure the main scenario parameters which will be kept fixed throughout the whole simulation run Actual Scenario Description Real time Sequencing m Extended Cut M Allow Pnmx at PPlock M Chann
46. o poo o poo o pg o o o z z z T z poo poo o pg o o z z T z o y OoOo FA NA NE Z TN ZN Z HK CT NE NA A NE NE TEN Ho ON Both Timetables and counters are exported in text file format to the directory specified by the user which should be egual to the one the model is recorded The Arena model will access the specific scenario information every midnight during the simulation run The numbers above the Restriction Codes are their respective indexes in the Pre seguencer which are different from the ones used in the simulation model For further details concerning this issue please refer to the User s Manual PLEASE NOTE THAT SCHEDULER MUST BE FINE TUNED BY THE USER SINCE IT DRIVES MODEL BEHAVIOR ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 39 of 82 ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE ba PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 2 4 Configuring Rules and Restrictions Sail Through CLICK ON THE BOX TO WICH SCREEN YOU WANT TO JUMP IN 1 Main 1 Restric 1 Dizcrete Sequencing Code Variables Assingmerit 2 HML 2 Table of 3 Size Range 4 Wessels Assingmenit Size Ranges Distribution Distribution 3 General Wessels 5 Table of ners 5 Seasonality Tipycal Pa Vessels Legend 6 Yearly 7 Monthly Hi aa Current Sheet BE LcConfig ME ILRules EE II Arrival MIX Traffic Matic Transits MA Vessel Mix Forecast MA Market Segment Forecast ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s G
47. of noo oof 0 oo oj noo dj o um oof f oof noo ooj oof noo oof noo dj o owo oo oof noo oof oof coo Cl oof noo oof 0 0d coco noo dop o zni man aa a re ea ee oof oo oof noo Ooo oj owo oof Cf oof oof omoj coo cool ee GO coo om owo owo coo ooj ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 63 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE Miza 3 5 2 In transit Times I T T Below is the ITT tables layout for up to 25 twenty five years Figures in hours are merely illustrative In transit Time is equal to the span of time that starts from Arrival at the first lock until from last lock Sail Through ADAC Yearly Report of ITT PARAGON NORTHBOUND ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Consolidate Southbound DLCC Avg 1322 ooj oof om CG 12 4 222 ooj f O ODP oof o ooj cool owo 22 cool coo oof cool CL O CO cool om OE a ijo ff o ni 2025 cool oo 00 CJ 00o omj 000 0m o ne ro a a a a o o eo jej jane o Aug 5 PI Fe PI BE O LJ I ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 64 of 82 ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE bi PARAGON Consulting Solutions The following is the first
48. on 1 28 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE le On the same section the user shall enter the Time Between Vessels the Locomotive Return Times and the block coefficient level per vessel Market Segment Consulting Solutions restricted area _ Main ROCKWELL ACP SF Transit And Lock Times J Sail through PARAGON SOFTWARE Ba Time Between Vessels Locomotive Return Times Back Tim 0 10 0 15 UU Note The table above does not have to be pasted into the model ee PP Atl Locks Regular ss TRIAG2 0 14 016 0 O14 ee P Pac Locks PP Pac Locks PP Pac Locks a 00 00 Regular TRIA 14 0 16 0 18 0 00 16 Enhanced 00 00 Market Seg Block Coef Vehicle Carriers Every ship will have stamped the attribute BlockC either equals to 1 in case it is a high block coefficient coefficient ship or 0 otherwise The Block Coefficient assignment table is automatically exported to the model when the user presses the Export Data button ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 29 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL Fes SOFTWARE Mia 3 2 3 The Pre sequencer Next is described the way the user should handle the Pre sequencer 3 2 3 1 Settings and Data Input Open the Pre sequencer by clicking on the Sequencer Block on the Sail Through Map in the User Interface PARAGON Panama Canal Transits Pre sequencer Consulting Solutions Files amp Directories RO
49. ons Navigation Buttons L Sail Through ctr s V 3 Update Results 1 Export Data 4 Print Manager 2 Simulate 5 Save Scenario 3 1 3 1 Sail Through It is the preferred way to navigate though all features of the interface Provides the user quick and easy access to all input and output screens Sail Through CLICK ON THE BOX TO WICH SCREEN YOU WANT TO JUMP IN 1 Main 1 Restric Sequencing Code Variables Assingment 2 Transit and 2 HML 2 Table of 3 Size Range 4 Wessels Lock Times Assingmerit Size Ranges Distribution Distribution Vessels 3 General ENI 3 Sequencer vessels 5 Table of Chars 5 Seasonality Tipycal ener 6 Yearly 7 Monthy Bata Current Sheet WE Config BE ILRules BE I Arrival MIX THINE Naig Traneits MA Vessel Mix Forecast MA Market Segment Forecast Input screens main sections Scenario Configuration II Rules or Operational Identifiers III Arrival Mix which are split into Vessel Mix Forecast and Market Segment Forecast ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 15 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Miza IV Downtimes Output screens main sections Yearly Reports Il Monthly Reports Ill Transits Data Sail Through CLICK ON THE BOX TO ACCESS SCREEN Legend Current Sheet MM I Yearly Reports MA 11 Monthly reports MA III Transits II Monthly Reports II Transits Queue
50. orts MA 11 Monthly reports MA III Transits om BE SME MNE OE CEE II Monthly Reports 4 ul Transits N Queue Length Tugg and Crews Southbound Morthbound CAT meji og CAT sa Transits Data lt Transits Data Southbound Northbound Billing Tons Billing Tons Buckets m Buckets Of Transits Locks Occup Of Transits Locks Occup Ltilization Ltilization Southbound Morthbound Vessels Vessels Generated Generated i i I i i ni The log files may be accessed by the user through the boxes circled in the picture above if the logs were generated If opened through the interface not more than 65 000 sixty thousand lines will be shown on the screen due to Excel spreadsheet limitations If the full log is to be analized it should be opened straight from the logfile mdb file ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 77 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Biak 3 6 1 Tugs and Lock Crews count of of ships per lock shift File Tug Crew This file contains information about tug requirements and count of number of ships that locked during the simulation including e Average and Maximum number of tugs utilized per shift and tug area for up to 300 three hundred months 25 years x 12 months e Count of number of Non restricted Panamax Restricted and Post panamax vessels that locked per lock and shift for up to 300 three hundred months 25 years x 12 months being NR and CR
51. page of the ITT monthly averages table They can be calculated for up to 300 three hundred months 12 months for each of the 25 years Monthly Report of ITT Da Maia NORTHBOUND _ ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Consolidate Southbound CC Avg gelo 8o 1413 owo owo om oo Po co Po Po a ka Ro Z mfa CO CO BO ee aa NIPA OC TI oy md 0 00 2003 mai 0 00 2003 jun coo omoj omoj oof om omoj f oof omj 2003 ji odp Cf ooj CL owo oo omo ooj oof oof o 2003 ago 0000 cool o Cf CM ooj omoj 2003 set ooo cool cool CM O CC owo oo 2004 out o oo Cf 0 00 coo coo 05o 05o noo col owo om 00 2004 nov C00 oof f oof j oog aa pa PE ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 65 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 5 3 Waiting Times Waiting times are referred to the time spent by the ships when are waiting for the next resource to be available Waiting times are measured at the following points Miraflores Locks Tie up South Miraflores Moorings Pedro Miguel Locks Tie up North Post Panamax Pacific Locks North Gamboa Moorings Gatun Locks Tie up South Post Panamax Atlantic Locks South Atlantic Anchorage Pacific Anchorage Miraflores Locks T
52. pecify the operating modes depending on the length of restricted vessels queues in the Pacific and Atlantic Anchorages Locks Operating Modes C Manual Automatic Lock Name Lane Mode _ nhanced Post pan Pac nhanced 3 1 4 10 Enhanced Regular Locks Operating Modes s Manual Automatic Lock Name Lane Mode Post pan Atl Post pan Pac 1 Enhanced ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 21 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE la If the user decides to operate the locks in the manual mode throughout the whole simulation run then the following options for the Panamax Locks can be used e All lanes in Regular Mode All Regular e All lanes in Enhanced Mode All Enhanced e Lane 1 Enhanced and Lane 2 Regular L1 Enh L2 Reg Miraflores Locks operating mode is set as being always equal to the Gatun Locks operating mode Post panamax Pacific Locks also operate in the same way the Post panamax Atlantic Locks are set which can be either e Enhanced or e Regular Note that the Post Panamax Locks operates with a single lane 3 1 5 Comments Relevant comments made by the analyst can be written in the space indicated bellow Comments on the Scenario 3 1 6 Demand Figures Used for determining how the user wants to enter theoretical distributions They refer to the way the monthly number of transits and the yearly evolution of transits are inserted whether b
53. pending on how powerful is the computer used Therefore we highly recommend running it in a powerful machine A progress bar in a message box will appear on the screen Press ESC to stop running the Sequencer before it finishes This action might not allow all the timetables to be exported and printed See next section for further details ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 32 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 2 3 3 Outputs By clicking on the View buttons also in the Main Screen you will be able to verify the Timetables and the Number of Buckets per restriction code generated in each scenario 1 Timetables A maximum of 55 fifty five vessel positions or Buckets can be generated per scenario and per direction being the last 30 thirty for restricted vessels 10 ten yellow for SV vessels and 15 fifteen orange reserved for CR s and NR s The Pre sequencer does not take into account CCNT vessels which are allocated into buckets through the model logic For each bucket and travel direction the table lists Underway time in hours from the Pacific or the Atlantic Anchorage Underway time from the Gatun Lake Designated restriction code The first lock lane suggested ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 33 of 82 ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Miza Figures are in hours NB Bucket 217 1202 2 1 2 75 13 5 2 12 38 14 88 14 72 15 78 17 47 16 17 18 75 16 70 285 10 3
54. perational System Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP Regional settings adjust to English USA ARENA 8 01 or above Runs on the Windows certified platform mentioned above Ms Office Despite of the fact that the RPS indicates that the Canal Simulator shall integrate with the MS Office 2000 we seriously recommend upgrades for MS Office XP edition due to several VBA improvements Nevertheless the interface shall be able to communicate with MS Office 2000 2 1 2 Hardware requirements The minimum hardware requirements for acceptable performance of the model must be no greater than a Pentium Ill or equivalent running at 800 MHz with 128 Mb of RAM and 30 Mb of hard disk space Performance will depend on the computer design and also on the graphics board but our team estimates that the desired speed of 5 five minutes to complete one day of simulation run of the Canal vessel transits will be accomplished easily using the batch run mode no animation Hardware recommended by Rockwell Paragon Pentium IV 2 4 Ghz or above with at least 256 Mb RAM ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 6 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 21 3 Installation In order to install all correct files user must access project CD and RUN SETUP EXE activating the following screen sap Simulation Model of Panama Canal Vessel Transits x Consulting Solutions hipi software rockwelkconii i gt http Www paragon com br
55. rch 1 4 Folders Address a Administrative Tools a fi Rees Computer Component Event Viewer ODBC Management Services Fe Adds removes and configures Open Database Connectivil and drivers Local Security Perrormance TUITE INET SEP YET Policy Administration Adds removes and ci 1 42 KB J My Computer we Click on ADD Select a Microsoft Access Connection Type PANCANAL as name for this connection SELECT Database named PANCANAL MDB access file in the folder where simulation files were placed Click OK oT m Please note that if you change files folder later this connection to the database must be updated to the new folder ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 8 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions ODBC Microsoft Access Setup 2 x Data Source Namd pancanal s OK ODBC Data Source Administrator 21x emi SEM Description pa pomi sel System DSN File DSN Drivers Tracing Connection Pooling About Cancel Database User Data 5 FIUA EH P Ti Database C Pancanal SImulation Pancanal mdb Help dBase Files Word Microsoft dBase YFP Driver dbf Remove dBASE Files Microsoft dBase Driver dbf C Select Create Repair Compact fane Excel Files Microsoft Excel Driver xls FoxPro Files Word Microsoft FoxPro VFP Driver dbf Configure System Database MS Access Database Mic
56. real clear gt northbound 6o 0 00 T real enter PPMAX Atl NB 60 T real arrival PPMAX_AtLNB 6O 000 T real leave PPMAX Ati NB 60 T real clear PPMAX_AtLNB 6O 000 0 11 t real arrival buoy 7 60 t real leave buoy 13 60 t real leave buoy 7 60 t real arrival buoy 7 60 t real arrival buoy Atl NB 60 t real leave buoy 7 60 NO GO3 NB gueue tNO O4 NB queue NQ Q2 NB gueue tNOA O1 NB queue 4 241 70 243 44 NQ Q3_NB_queue NQ Q4 NB queue NQ Q2 NB queue C 000 NQ Q7_NB_queue NQ Q6_NB_queue 0 00 NQ Q1_NB_queue NQ Q5_NB_queue 000 t real leave GT northbound 60 t real leave PPMAX Atl NB 60 t rea t real arrival buoy atlantic NB 60 T arrival old 60 36 78 t real arrival buoy Atl NB 60 T arrival 60 36 78 t real leave gt anchor 60 t leave gil 60 NREP Flow traffic Restch Sub restriction ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 84 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 6 3 Ships Generation Data Files Ships NB and Ships SB These files contain detailed information about the ships generated but that had not necessarily completed the transit which includes Transit number Vessel characteristics Arrival time in days starting from beginning of day one corrected if booked Replication number If channel restricted restch The next table indicates examples of outputs per each heading for northbounds Similar headings are used for southbound transits o Northbound Headings S Example
57. rosoft Access Driver mdb pancanal Driver do Microsoft Access mdb None Visual FoxPro Database Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver Visual FoxPro Tables Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver O Database System Database Options gt gt Select Database EE Database Name Directories Pancanal mdb c pancanal simulation Cancel E3 cak ga Pancanal SImulatic Help CI original poi T Read Only Exclusive z the indicated data provider A User data source is only visible to you An ODBC User data source stores information about how to connect to and can only be used on the current machine Pancanal mdb List Files of Type Drives Access Databases rm x c SISTEMA Network 2 1 5 System Files and Directories The Simulation System requires that all files shall be kept in the same directory in order to maintain relationship between them and produce results In order to create a new scenario USERS shall copy the entire directory to a new directory and renaming it since the SCENARIO field will be used as prefix name All files must remain with the existing names See directory contents on next page ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 9 0f 82 ROCKWELL ES PARAGON SOFTWARE Bata Consulting Solutions FileName 5353993 Type Description _ Interface User Interface User Interface ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 10 of 82 P
58. rst month of the fiscal year E sail Through PARAGON Seaso n al ity El Main PG as n now 10 8 Boc 9o vo Goo P9o 1195 Yo T E E 7 10 9 20 9 o Jun E B 1 aro 4 1 1 1 Jun 22 aw Boo B95 14 B96 100 3 8 14 20 13 19 16 5 9 a g 1 100 10045 100 100 o o o o o a 12 Bn BY ua 10 B99 T 100 7 a o a a a a o o a a UZCOM IJaND0O Yo G e B95 B 5 i 8 B 7 B l 5 l u 8 B9 o roo 79o 1396 1096 e 1296 BY B 100 100 100 DZCONTITHAHCTCOW ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 49 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions e Yearly Traffic per fiscal year _ Sail Through PARAGON Yearly Traffic Ej Main Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Percentage of Yearly Transits per Market Segment Coef of Variation T B A 1 Type of Distibution Deterministic Year Year Container Dry Bulk General Others Passengers Refrigerated Tankers Vehicle Total Total Yearly Cargo Carriers Traffic 2002 16 80 22 70 8 50 10 70 2 30 17 80 14 90 6 30 100 008 11860 anag 2003 16 96 22 56 8 31 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 652 100 008 13046 2004 16 96 22 56 831 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 652 100 004 14046 16 96 22 56 831 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 652 100 004 15046 16 96 22 56 8 31 10 71 1 74 18 00 15 20 652 100 00
59. s Coef B15 B26 MFLocks PMLocks St2035 Chagress B79 TRIAC 8 19 25 TRIAC4 48 62 TRIAC2 14 18 TRIACS 18 23 TRIAT 18 30 TRIAGE BT TRIACS 47 56 TRACO 21 27 FA TRIAT 22 24 TRIACT9 24 28 TRIA 40 43 57 TRIA 121317 TRIAC15 16 21 TRIA 15 15 25 TRIACS 6 7 TRIAC39 44 49 TRIAC17 21 23 TRIA 45 48 63 TRIA 13 14 18 TRIA 17 18 23 TRIA 16 16 28 TRIACE 7 7 TRIAC44 49 55 TRIA 19 23 26 TRIACS 53 65 TRIAC14 1519 TRIAC17 20 24 TRIAC17 19 26 TRIACE 7 7 TRIAC44 50 54 TRIA 19 22 24 TRIACS 58 72 TRIACS 17 213 TRIACS 22 27 TRIA A8 21 29 TRIA E 7 8 TRIA 48 56 60 TRIA 24 27 i i il i i T T T T T i T mala ala DD DD Oyo max E69 6o ah 5 O Co paaa mla ii DD Ooo QD D o DQ QO RIA 53 76 78 RIA 15 23 23 RIA 20 29 29 RIA 18 15 26 RIAC6 6 5 RIA 47 47 61 TRIACH 23 78 TRIA 25 25 31 Non restricted 0 55 0 16 0 22 io o 39 low TRIA 20 20 28 doo ol a0 highjTRIA52 54 73 TRIA 15 16 21 TRIA 19 20 27 TRIA 18 22 27 TRIA 7 7 9 TRIACSO 54 64 TRIA 22 22 31 low TRIAGA7 47 69 JTRA141418 TRAG71729 IRAC81924 JIRAG678 TRIAT 5558 IRA 202170 oo 30 36 high TRIA 2225 30 100 36 395 low TRIA SO 51 67 TRIAC5 15 20 TRIAC9 19 25 TRIACS 19 26 TRIACT 78 TRIACS 51 62 TRIAC22 24 28 100 36 39 5 highjTRIA55 56 74 TRIAC6 16 22 TRIA 2A 21 28 TRIACS 21 29 TRIAC 8 3 TRIACSS 57 68 TRIAC25 26 31 PO 30 low TRIa a 53 64 IRA141519
60. s ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE Miza 3 2 5 Loading Demand Sail Through CLICK ON THE BOX TO WICH SCREEN YOU WANT TO JUMP IN J 1 Main 1 Restric Sequencing Code Variables Assingmerit 2 Transit and 2 HML 4 Wessels Lock Times Assingmerit Distribution 3 General d 3 Sequencer Wessels 5 Table of Chars Tipycal Vessels legend 6 Yearly 7 Monthly li aa Current Sheet mm LcConfig ME ILRules EE II Arrival MIX Traffic Traffic Transits MA Vessel Mix Forecast MA Market Segment Forecast The demand can be defined as being either discrete only theoretical or both theoretical and discrete In case the user defines the demand as being partially discrete the discrete arrivals must be filled up with vessels In case the user wants to input theoretical demand both the Vessel Mix and the Market Segment Forecasts must be introduced ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 42 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 2 5 1 Discrete Arrivals Through this screen the user may specify the date and time the vessels should arrive at discrete moments to the Canal heading either northbound or southbound Additionally the user must enter the number of the vessel from the Table of Typical Vessels Both the number of the vessel and the arrival date and time are exported to the model The Post Panamax vessels are highlighted in red _ Sail Through PARAGON Discrete Arrivals _ Main ae ROCKW
61. see te sen ects MAN E E 81 3 6 3 Ships Generation DAVO mana na sea GAGANA KANTA GANA 85 3 6 4 Buckets Utilization Data nana 86 3 7 ITT and CWT Reports in the Logfile mdb 12 2 XA B7 3 7 1 ITT Per Booking Status and Restriction a 87 3 7 2 New CWT per Booking Status and Restriction Xa 88 3 7 3 Old CWT per Booking Status and Restriction X a 89 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 4 of 82 ROCKWELL SOFTWARE 1 Introduction PARAGON Consulting Solutions This document aims at describing how to enter data to the simulation model of the Panama Canal vessel transits and how to access the correspondent outputs generated 2 Simulation System Concept The simulation system design can be represented in the following diagram END USER INTERFACE SYSTEM S COCKPIT a INPUT scenario setup Inpul Variables ie Be LHGIHL a se JE Microsoft Areni Excel OUTPUT otatistizs Graphs PANAMA CANAL SIMULATION SYSTEM Through an excel spreadsheet the user inputs all the parameters necessary to run the model The parameters are read by the model which runs and exports the outputs to access database files and to the excel interface ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 5 of 82 ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE Miza PARAGON Consulting Solutions 2 1 1 Software requirements O
62. space for non restricted vessels The parameters that are entered through the User Interface can only be changed in the User Interface They are as per described in the previous items Average transit and lockage times Average minimum time between vessels T B V Locomotives return times Sunrise and sunset times for each set Time boundaries ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 31 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions 3 2 3 2 Running the Pre sequencer Once all the parameters have been set the user can finally run the Pre sequencer by pressing the Run Pre Sequencer button PARAGON Panama Canal Transits Pre sequencer Consulting Solutions Files amp Directories ROCKWELL og File Directory Ci SimulationtEnhanced Model SOFTWARE Data Source File Analyst Name Schedule File C Simulation Enhanced ModelSchedule txt o CASimulation Enhanced Model BucketsCaunt txt Restricted Vessels Queue Length T B V for Unrestricted Vessels hours minutes Panamax Cl 10 9 T 26 93 36 90 Figures for reference only CR Buckets per Total of Unrestricted Buckets NE Bottle neck to GT Lake 0 90 hours of CR Buckets Navigation Buttons Comments on the Pre Sequencer Change Data Source El View Timetables S SL Run Pre Sequencer __ View Buckets Count Preliminary tests has shown that it takes about 2 two hours to generate all the 2 592 timetables de
63. stribute the percentage of the total yearly traffic that is assigned to each of the market segments the total number of transits for up to 25 fiscal years and the type of distribution to be used by the model to create the vessels as well as the Time Between Arrivals coefficient of variation The first fiscal year of the table is setup by the user through the Size Ranges Distribution Table ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 50 of 82 ROCKWELL PARAGON SOFTWARE Consulting Solutions On the same screen the user must also distribute the percentage of traffic and market segment that shall head southbound and northbound _ Sail Through PARAGON Yearly Traffic Main Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Percentage of Southbound Transits per Market Segment Year Year Container Dry Bulk General Others Passengers Refrigerated Tankers Vehicle Total Yearly Cargo Carriers Yearly fone 6 2007 5045 56 02 45 18 50 08 6456 48 52 53 02 55 11 17046 8 2009 5045 56 02 45 18 50 08 6456 48 52 53 02 55 11 19046 9 2010 5045 56 02 45 18 50 08 6456 48 52 53 02 55 11 20046 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 51 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE ba e Monthly Traffic This table is either filled up by the user if the Manual Input option for demand figures was chosen or
64. transit number S T INMSNB B8 ballast booking pd restriction itl NREP NE year JJ NA 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 Restch Sub restriction ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 85 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL ES SOFTWARE Mia 3 6 4 Buckets Utilization Data Files NB Gueue and SB Gueue These files contain detailed information ships utilized the buckets available when entering the Canal Transit number Vessel main characteristics utilized for scheduling the ship Scenario and Replication numbers Number of ships waiting for entering the Canal per restriction and whether restricted or not Arrival Underway from Outer and Gatun Anchorages and in out of queue times If channel restricted restch The bucket restriction number utilized islot The next table indicates examples of outputs per each heading for northbounds Similar headings are used for southbound transits o Northbound Headings Example 1 T_underway 1440 S T underway 1440 t leave gtl 1440 NREP year month flow traffic islot Restch Sub restriction ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 86 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions 3 7 ITT and CWT Reports in the Logfile mdb Detailed reports per restriction code and booking status can be obtained from the logfile mdb database by running the macro named Generate Time Reports per Direction See tables exemplified below under the ne
65. xt items 3 7 1 ITT Per Booking Status and Restriction Direction Booking St 1 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 87 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions ROCKWELL Fea SOFTWARE Miza 3 2 New CWT per Booking Status and Restriction Direction Booking St New CWT NB FO 13 28 nb Lo 0 2 11 87 11 98 14 40 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 88 of 82 PARAGON Consulting Solutions Direction Booking St Old CWT NB 37 71 NB a all 25 85 41 66 36 48 ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 89 of 82
66. y data is used low quality outputs will be generated The user should follow the input data hierarchy indicated in the Sail Through screen illustrated below in order to properly enter the data necessary to run the model Apart from that tug requirement parameters should be input straight into the mode as per described on item xxx of this guide Press CTRL i for fast access to the inputs or go to the Sail Through from the Main Menu and then click on the input box Sail Through CLICK ON THE BOX TO WICH SCREEN YOU WANT TO JUMP IN 1 Main 1 Restric 1 Discrete Sequencing Code nG Variables Assingmerit 2 Transit and 2 HML 2 Table of 3 Size Range 4 Wessels Lock Times Assingmerit Size Ranges Distribution Distribution Vessels 3 General Se 3 Sequencer Wessels 5 Table of Chars 4 5 Seasonality Tipycal Legend E Yearly 7 Monthly oe Current Sheet Ml Lconfig ME I Rules EE II Arrival MIX Wale Traffic Transits MA Vessel Mix Forecast MA Market Segment Forecast Basically the following steps should be considered when entering the data Configuring Sequencing Variables e Main sequencing variables e Transit and Lockage Times e Run the Sequencer ENHANCED MODEL v2 0 User s GUIDE Revision 1 24 of 82 ROCKWELL SOFTWARE Il Rules setup Operational Identifiers e Restriction Code Assignment e HML Assignment e General Vessel Characteristics Ill Demand Input Arrival Mix e Discrete Arrivals

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