Seaport Group - Port Consultants - Southeast Asia Port Projects

Southeast Asia

Agri-Tec International Inc., Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. Transformation of river port into a multimodal hub for export of containerized rice. Seaport assessed the proposed suitability of the Kumnum Song Rice Port (KSRP) located on the Chao Phraya River to be transformed into an International Multimodal Hub (IMH) for the direct export of containerized rice via the Ports of Bangkok and Laem Chabang. Seaport’s work involved assessing the rice trading practices and rice volume being exported from the region to define the rice market, establishing the framework for a business plan and developing a site layout plan for the IMH. Seaport also developed a container handling operating plan and estimated the container equipment requirements to enable KSRP to function competitively in accordance with established operating best practices for Inland Container Depots focused on serving exporters and also shipping lines.

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Philippines. Review of Philippine maritime sector. Seaport conducted a top-down review of the Philippine maritime sector with a particular focus on the ports of Mindanao for the purpose of recommending a course of intervention by CIDA in providing technical assistance to the Philippine port system.

U.S. Grains Council, Southeast Asia. Bulk agricultural product shipping and handling in Southeast Asia. Seaport studied current and projected feed grain transport costs and characteristics from the worlds producing regions to Indonesia and other Southeast Asian locales. The study provided the US Feed Grains Council with a comprehensive assessment of transport infrastructure and costs for feed grain imports throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, and the other nations of Southeast Asia. The study comprises five tasks:

Historical ocean shipping data base development
World loading ports survey
Handy and Panamax shipping analysis
Comprehensive analysis, reports and presentations
Review of inland transport systems.

The study provided the US Feed Grains Council with a comprehensive assessment of transport infrastructure and costs for feed grain imports throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, and the other nations of Southeast Asia.