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P52251 Port Management – Models, Operations and Capacity Planning
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Port Management – Models, Operations and Capacity Planning

6 – 7 September 2018 | Mandarin Orchard Hotel, Singapore

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TEAM SAVINGS: REGISTER 2 DELEGATES & THE 3RD COMES FREE!
MCF TRAINING GRANT IS AVAILABLE FOR ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.
PLEASE REFER TO WWW.MPA.GOV.SG/MCF FOR INFORMATION.

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 Learning outcomes

  • Understand Port Institutional Framework, Port Management Models and how it impacts Port Operations, Port Planning and Port Financing
  • Current trends in Port markets, and managing overcapacity
  • Design of port KPIs, and implementing operational and non- operational KPIs
  • Identify what KPIs to benchmark and how
  • Examine the bottlenecks limiting port operations
  • Optimise port operations through Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and port automation etc.
  • Test proposed improvement strategies through the use of simulation studies
  • Understand how cargo forecasting are conducted and how this is used to determine if port expansion is required
  • Apply financial feasibility analysis to determine the financial viability of proposed port expansion projects

 

 Who Should Attend

  • Terminal and Port Operators
  • Port Authorities
  • Traders & Charterers – Dry Bulk and Liquid Cargoes
  • Ship Owners, Operators, and Managers
  • Dry Bulk Logistics and Freight Forwarders
  • Terminal Equipment and Technology Providers
  • Freight Forwarding and Shipping Agents
  • Multimodal transport service providers
  • Port Developers, Construction & EPC Consultants
  • Port Investors, Banking and Financing Institutions

 

 

Testimonials

What Past Delegates Liked About Our Bunker Courses

“The course helped me to learn how to calculate port productivity and taught me about the commercial side of port ops as well.”
– Assistant Manager (Port Policy), Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

“The trainer was experienced and clear. He provided a broad range of relevant examples on the given issues.”
– Assistant Manager, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

“The presenter had good knowledge and made lots of corelations between theory and real life experience.”
– Senior Program Manager, Pt Pelabuhan Indonesia 2 (IPC)

“Comprehensive content. Good learning environment with good trainer/ trainee ratio.”
– Manager, Cogent Holdings Ltd

Singapore MCF Grant

You may be eligible for the Singapore Maritime Cluster Fund (MCF) Grant for up to 50% of the total course fee. Please contact Sushil Kunwar on +65 6989 6614 or email sgtraining@informa.com for more information and eligibility criteria.

trainer

Law Peng Keat Port Strategy

Law Peng Keat

Director, Asia Ports & Terminals Consultants

Agenda

OVERVIEW OF PORT ORGANISM

  • Port Institutional Framework
  • Port Management Structures
  • Impact on Operations, Planning, Financing
  • Port Reform Tools

AN OVERVIEW OF TRENDS IN PORT MARKETS

  • Smart Technology: its definition, scope, developments and impact on future ports
  • Influence of shipping lines (mergers, acquisitions, closures) and its impact on port business
  • Enhancing land use where water front land is limited
  • Developments in vessel sizes and impact onport infrastructure
  • Evolution in supply chains
  • Types of port structures
  • Regional competition and its impact on business and profitability

Discussion : Illustrations will be provided by the lecturer.

Participants will then use their experience to argue their case for a RIGHT MODEL for development of ports within their country.

IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT KPIS FOR YOUR PORT OPERATIONS

  • Design of KPIs based on cargo type and mode of port operations
  • Identifying what you want to achieve through KPI
  • KPIs selection criteria
  • Developing KPIs to achieve your business objectives and goals
  • KPI Measurement and Implementation
  • KPI objectives of Port Authorities, Port Operators and Port Owners and Operators

IMPLEMENTING PORT KPIS

  • Operational VS. Non-Operational KPIs
  • Port performance indicators covering:
  • Efficiency Indicators
  • Effectiveness Indicators
  • HSSE Indicators
  • (e.g. berth utilisation rates, cargo handling rates, cargo dwell times, ship waiting times, labour productivity and others)
  • Financial Performance Indicators

Class Exercise: KPIs computation and illustration on how it impacts port productivity

PORT OPERATIONS PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION THROUGH USE OF SIMULATION MODELS AND SOFTWARE TOOLS; THUS ENABLING A SMART PORT SETUP

  • Simulation modeling of port operations
  • Vessel traffic simulation for waterway planning, and risk assessment
  • Cargo terminal simulation and its application
  • Passenger terminal simulation and its applications
  • Real-time resource monitoring and deployment tools
  • Data analytics of port operations data to understand operations, unearth anomalies,and identify trends

Guest Speaker:Stanley Sentoso, Senior Software Engineer, SimPlus, Singapore

OPTIMISATION OF PORT OPERATIONS

  • Strategies and measures to overcome bottlenecks to optimization of port operations
  • Practical use of Business Process Re- Engineering (BPR) – features and purposes
  • Stumbling blocks and pitfalls to avoid when applying the BPR process
  • Illustrations of real life examples using the BPR process
  • Land Utilisation

SMART PORT TECHNOLOGY AND CONCEPTS

  • What is Smart Technology in Ports and its scope?
  • Technology Applications in Smart Port Environment
  • Intelligent solutions to optimize efficiency
  • Integration of renewable energy (Solar Energy)
  • Use of Smart Data
  • Automated Guided Vehicles AGVs

Case Study: Vessel discharging operation
Class Exercise: Use of BPR process to review a port operation process

STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PORT EFFICIENCY AND TURNAROUND TIMES

  • Streamlining terminal and operating procedures
  • Use of pricing structure to influence port efficiency and effectiveness
  • Link port user agreements with performance targets
  • Use of IT to facilitate, manage and ease movement of cargoes through the port.

TERMINAL AUTOMATION – PLANNING, EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

  • What areas to implement automation?
  • Benefits and potential risks behind using automation
  • Impacts on current port operations

Case Study: Discussion on port operation automation process

PORT KPIS BENCHMARKING

  • Why the need to do performance benchmarking?
  • What areas and how to benchmark?
  • Challenges in benchmarking and how to overcome them
  • Benchmarking against industry and regulatory standards
  • Putting benchmarking practice into reality: has any been put in place?

CAPACITY PLANNING AND FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY

  • Supply and demand gauging for port capacity
  • Port traffic forecasting methodology and trends
  • Capacity calculations and relationship between berth occupancy, service and waiting time
    • Financial Feasibility Analysis Explain Objectives of Investment Appraisal for Port Expansion
    • Explain and illustrate the different Models of Investment Appraisal Methods
    • Non-Discounting Models
    • Discounting Models
  • How to ensure accuracy of analysis
  • Explain the Need for Post Audit of investments

Class Exercise: Cargo forecasting and financial feasibility

when & where

06 - 07 Sep 2018

Mandarin Orchard Singapore, by Meritus
333 Orchard Road, Singapore 238867
Tel: +65 6831 6062 | Fax: +65 6737 3130
Mobile No.: +65 8298 9442

Contact Person: Tan Ai Li
(Assistant Director Of Business Development, Catering Sales)
Email: aili.tan@meritushotels.com
Website: www.meritushotels.com

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+65 6992 8760
sgtraining@informa.com

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