City Deep South Africa, South Africa. Specification for Terminal Operating System (TOS). In connection with the major volume expansion and performance drive in Transnet Freight Rail, Seaport Innovations were requested to provide optimized operations specifications and operations procedures for the inland terminal City Deep, south of Johannesburg.

Seaport Innovations designed the operations processes according to international bets practice and from knowledge of the available (advanced) functionalities in the TOS to be implemented.

Furthermore, Seaport Innovations lectured the operations management at City Deep concerning best practice operations procedures and efficient administrative procedures.

Transnet/SAPO, South Africa. Design review of Ngqura. Seaport Innovations provided a comprehensive design review of a 2 million TEU terminal, with clear suggestions for improvements, and highlighted potential technical and operational risks.

Transnet/SAPO, Cape Town, South Africa. Develop layout and design paper. Cape Town has decided to transform its existing indirect straddle carrier operation into an RTG or cantilever-RMG operation with a volume capacity of 3 to 4 times the current straddle carrier operation. In this connection, Seaport Innovations developed, in collaboration with Transnet, an optimum terminal layout and developed detailed design paper/instructions. The work included developing various layout alternatives for the RTG and cantilever-RMG operation, developing a detailed transition (phasing) plan, developing a detailed layout with pavement markings, and a comprehensive design paper with clear design instructions.

Transnet/SAPO, South Africa. Terminal design, Maydon Warf. Seaport Innovations developed a terminal design for a high-density RTG operation still allowing smooth terminal logistics.

Transnet/SAPO, South Africa. Review of terminal design in existing terminal, Pier 1. In connection with Pier 1’s difficulty in reaching satisfactory productivities in the terminal, Seaport Innovations investigated the reason for the operations difficulties. The findings pointed in the direction of too small distances between equipment, containers, light poles, etc. Seaport developed a cost efficient solution to the problem and with the least operations disturbances.

Transnet/SAPO, Richards Bay, South Africa. Design of 3 M TEU terminal. Seaport Innovations developed in collaboration with Transnet a detailed terminal design for a high-density RTG operation capable of accommodating an annual volume of 3 million TEU. Furthermore, Seaport developed, in collaboration with Transnet, a master plan for the port with a total capacity of 20 million TEU.

Transnet/SAPO, South Africa. Detailed design of Durban Container Terminal (straddle carrier operation). Durban Container Terminal is facing major issues with truck volume constraints, equipment productivities, and complex cargo flows. In this connection, Seaport Innovations, assisted in providing a detailed terminal layout that would help achieve more stacking capacity, provide high equipment productivities and provide easy handling of external trucks.