Three pillars. One less headache.
Built specifically for the Navis N4 Terminal Operating System powering every Transnet container terminal in South Africa. Whether you're a haulier running stack loads out of Durban or a freight forwarder managing bookings across Cape Town and Ngqura — every feature solves a real pain in the daily pre-advising and slot booking workflow.
Auto Pre-Advise
Booking Buddy connects directly to Navis N4 and pre-advises every container with the correct data — including always setting Carrier Mode to 'Truck' — so your team never has to touch the terminal UI for routine entries again. Used at Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and Ngqura terminals.
- Eliminates repetitive manual data entry across hundreds of containers
- Always sets Carrier Mode to 'Truck' per Transnet/Navis N4 requirements — automatically
- Validates all fields before submission, rejecting bad data early
- Handles connection retries and terminal timeouts gracefully
- Runs unattended — no babysitting required
Bulk Booking
Paste a container list or upload a CSV and let Booking Buddy queue and submit hundreds of bookings in a single run. What used to occupy an operator for half a day is done before their coffee gets cold.
- CSV upload or paste-in — no custom format required
- Processes 500+ containers in a single session
- Rate-limited to respect terminal API constraints
- Real-time 3D progress view with per-container status
- Failures are isolated — one bad container doesn't block the rest
Slot Hunter
Booking Buddy runs continuously in the background, polling for earlier or more optimal booking slots. The moment a threshold is met, it auto-rebooks — without you having to check the terminal every 30 minutes.
- Configurable target windows: 'rebook if slot is 2+ days earlier'
- Runs silently in the system tray — zero interruption to your workflow
- Instant desktop notification when a rebook is executed
- Full log of all slot changes for compliance and auditability
- Respects blackout windows (e.g. no rebooks on Fridays after 3pm)
Scanning for earlier slots…
Slot found — Dec 13 (was Dec 15)
Auto-rebooked 12 containers
Monitoring — next check in 15 min
See it for yourself
Download free and run your first bulk pre-advise in minutes.