MOVINS
MOVINS is the UN/EDIFACT message a vessel planner or shipping line sends to a container terminal to instruct how the ship should be loaded — which containers go into which bay/row/tier slots, in what sequence, with weight, reefer and hazardous-goods constraints. It is the loading counterpart to BAPLIE (which records the stowage as it ends up) and MOVINS (which plans it).
Terminals turn MOVINS into a physical crane and yard work plan. Accurate stowage instruction matters for the vessel's stability and stress calculations, for hazardous-goods segregation, and for making the next ports' discharge efficient — a badly planned stow means extra restows and lost time down the line.
MOVINS is the plan the terminal loads the ship from. Get it right and the vessel is stable, DG cargo is segregated and downstream ports discharge cleanly; get it wrong and you pay in restows, delays and safety risk. It is the instruction side of the same job BAPLIE records.
stow plan
loads vessel
as loaded
How does MOVINS differ from BAPLIE?
MOVINS is the instruction — how to load the vessel; BAPLIE is the record — the stowage plan as the vessel was actually loaded.
Who sends MOVINS?
The vessel planner or shipping line sends it to the loading terminal, specifying slot positions, sequence and cargo constraints.