Overview
The shunt out of Blenheim (BLEN) CT for domestic customers (V1F) has a limited weight capacity. Loaded wine tanks sent by Team Global Express (TGE) have to be single loaded due to weight restrictions on wagons. Each day we will check the stow and ensure the shunt is not overbooked/overweight.
Details
TGE’s loaded wine tanks (LXPs) can each weigh up to 29 ton maximum (gross weight). An I class wagon can only hold 56 ton maximum. As a result, we cannot pair load wine tanks on a wagon. Any 20’s or 25’s that can be paired with a wine tank must not exceed a gross weight of 17 ton. The profile ex BLEN for domestic freight is PV1F (V1F), it has a consist of 10x I class wagons. This means we can only book 10x loaded 20ft wine tanks on this profile maximum. However, this is not reflected in the space availability consist. As customers can book through the portal utilising the space consist it can cause PV1F to be overweight and can result in reductions. It is the domestic team’s responsibility to manage the space for customers and advise them of any rail booking issues. Each day we will use CTMS’s query stow plan function to ensure freight ex Blenheim is optimised. If the shunt is overweight we will have to roll the non-priority freight to the next available and advise any customers impacted.
Process/Tasks
Tonnage ex BLEN CT
1200 Monday – Friday
Open the query stow plan in CTMS and view today’s PV1F
Check how many wine tanks are booked between 26T – 29T (gross weight) and that this is equal to the wagon consist.
Count up how many tanks can be paired (anything less than 17T)
Confirm with ferry build what is possible.
If overbooked/overweight then roll anything that is not considered priority to the next available service and send affected customers a delay notification – “Due to overweight service the below has been reduced” and advise ferry build.