Seaport Consultants - Port Operations
    Port Reform and Expansion Study, Barbados

Seaport Consultants Canada Inc. conducted the management, operational and planning tasks on this study of reforming and expanding the Port of Bridgetown. Barbados Port Authority awarded the overall study (funded by Inter-America Development Bank) to Delcan International Corporation in 1994. Delcan subsequently engaged Seaport for its specialized roles.

In the port master plan phase (1994-95), Seaport:

  • Conducted an assessment of port infrastructure, services, operations and equipment maintenance related to the container terminal
  • Reviewed the port's recent financial performance, evaluated the tariff structure, level and adequacy, reorganized port accounts into appropriate profit centres, and developed a pro forma financial model for the port authority
  • Conducted economic and financial analyses of the projects that evolved from the master plan.

In the restructuring phase (mainly 1996), our work comprised four separate programs:

  • Specialist advisory to the General Manager and Board to achieve change in organization, management, operating systems and work practices at the Port of Bridgetown
  • Study of management information system.  Seaport led a team of MIS specialists that defined the port's needs for cargo and container control, accounting, statistics and executive information in a mixed mainframe-personal computer environment.
  • Total rewrite of the port tariff.  Seaport's work included development of the structure of the tariff, writing all sections and building up all individual rates, and testing the results in a financial model.
  • Review of maintenance procedures and establishment of a maintenance management system.  The project extended to selection of maintenance management software.

In the implementation phase (1996-97), Seaport:

  • Provided ongoing management advice
  • Assisted with implementation of the new tariff
  • Assisted with development of the port's management information system, including a new billing system, and provided related training.
  • Assisted with implementation of the port's maintenance management software.

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