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Seaport Innovations services small, medium, and large operations with the planning and design of high productivity and cost efficient operations. It is Seaport Innovations’ philosophy and experience that small operations can operate at costs as low as larger operations, and that this can be achieved by minimum investments. Among Seaport’s expertise is designing cost efficient operations with high degrees of automation built into both greenfield and existing terminals. By designing and planning the terminal according to state of the art methods with the use of new technology, the terminal will have the best possibilities to work with future high volume throughputs and with minimum labour and equipment hours. Seaport has special expertise in conducting cost-benefit analyses for implementation of automation and new technology in general, as well as in designing solutions where process redesigns gives a significant cost reduction. Our work includes: Financial and cost modeling Development of master plans Cost-benefit studies Design of terminal layout and terminal logistic Design of automated terminal operations Design of operating procedures Choice of handling technology and IT Gate design Rail handling design Computer simulations and validations Procurement of equipment and IT systems Redesign of processes Writing of specifications Project management With experience from planning and design of operations world wide, Seaport Innovations takes into account governmental regulations, customer expectations, service level, union regulations, etc. when planning and designing standard operating procedures, operations strategies, technologies and level of automation.

Typical clients include terminal operating companies seeking assistance with automation, planning and design of container terminals. Other clients include port authorities at the terminal feasibility or design stage, governments evaluating port development policies and container equipment manufacturers. Some examples of recent projects are shown below: Design and Planning of Automated Container Terminal Designing and optimizing processes for a medium sized semi automated terminal. Major Capacity Increase of Existing RTG Operation Development plan for design of advanced operations strategies.