What is Re-Stow Movements ???

Container stowage is the process of accommodating (placing) a container on a ship in the allotted slot or cell. Re-stow is the process of temporarily removing a container from the allotted slot/cell and replacing it. Generally re-stow arise when a vessel has multiple ports of call and the containers have not been stowed in sequence with the ports of call. Some containers, therefore has to be removed from the ship for operational ease , to discharge containers from the lower hold or load containers to the lower holds,  and then re-stowed for discharging at the appropriate port of call .
 

There are 2 kinds of re-stows  (1) Ship – to – Ship (or Bay to Bay) or (2)Ship – Quay – Ship . In the first kind the container will be moved from one bay of the ship to another bay temporarily and re-stowed back once the lower hold operations are completed. Whereas in the second case, the container gets discharged from the vessel and placed at the quay or the designated place in the yard and re-stow it once the required operations (moves) are completed. However, the container does not leave the terminal /port at which it is temporarily unloaded.  
 

For re-stows charges are applicable, port / terminal has specific tariff fixed for re-stows per unit (20’, 40’) basis.