Kent Busk, Container Terminal Planning, Automation and Technology Specialist

Kent Busk
Principal
Seaport Innovations
kbusk@seaport.com

Kent Busk is a principal of Seaport Innovations, a company which specializes in container and ro/ro terminals for seaports and inland terminals. Our main areas of focus include terminal planning and design, project management and project implementation. Seaport Innovations also performs financial and cost modelling, analyzes and recommends operational improvements, and develops terminal cost cutting and organisational strategies..

Mr. Busk is a specialist in operations, design and planning of conventional and highly automated container terminals. He spent four years with responsibility for research and development at APM Terminals, one of the world’s leading global container terminal operating companies. Mr. Busk has been participating in design and planning of major terminal expansions, improvements to the operations of existing terminals, and the design of new, fully- and semi-automated facilities. He has up-to-date knowledge of the state-of-the-art terminal design, and best proven technologies in the world container terminal business.

Additionally, he has up-to-date knowledge of the cost efficiency of all conventional and modern handling technologies. From this knowledge, he has the ability to determine the cost saving potentials of implementation of new technology and reengineering of processes in various parts of the world and under various labour regimes.

Mr. Busk has a B.Sc. in Mechanical and Process Engineering and a M. Econ. in Managerial and Business Economics.