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Port Ownership and
Administrative Models
LEARNINGS
• Features of port
• Functions
• Facilities and services provided at port
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FEATURES OF PORT
• Gateway for cargo and passengers
• Infrastructure for ships berthing
• Storage area
• Hinterland connectivity
• Industrial area, banks, agents
MODAL SEPARATION IN SPACE: EUROPA
TERMINAL IN ANTWERP
Barge
s
Truck
s Rai
l
Deepsea
services
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PORT SITES AND FUNCTIONS
Port Site Port Functions
Export Activities
Land Domain
Hinterland
Hinterland
Inland
Port
Services to Rail transport
merchandises Main
Port
Foreland
Feeder Port
Infrastructures Interface
Maritime transport
DISTRIBUTION
Services to
ships
Hinterland
Road
I transport
P
Foreland
Maritime Domain
Import Activities
FUNCTIONS OF PORT
• Administrative functions
• Operational functions
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ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS
• Control of vehicles entering and leaving the port.
• Environmental control.
• Control of dangerous cargo.
• Safety and security within the port area.
• Immigration, health, customs and commercial documentary control.
OPERATIONAL FUNCTION
• Traffic
• Transport
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TRAFFIC FUNCTION
Three condition to be fulfilled
• Entrance from sea, need to be accessible and safe
• Sufficient capacity and services in port
• Hinterland connectivity
THE PORT PERFORMANCE CONTINUUM
Maritime Hinterland
Terminal Operations
Operations Operations
Port Rai
Authority l
T ODR NDR
5 Y Y
In port
navigation T T Storage T T
1 2 Yard 3 4 Local
Anchora Berthing Roads Hinterland
ge
Port
Terminal
City
T1: Crane performance T4: Gate performance
T2: Crane to storage yard T5: Storage yard to on-dock rail
performance performance
T3: Storage yard to gate ODRY/NDRY: On-dock/Near-dock rail
performance yard
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TRANSPORT FUNCTION
Movement of materials from
• Jetty to storage area
• Storage area to dispatch
THE PORT PERFORMANCE CONTINUUM
Maritime Operations Terminal Operations Hinterland Operations
In port
navigation Storage Yard
M1 M2 T1 T2 T3 T4
Foreland Anchorage Berthing Warehouse Hinterland
Port Terminal
Maritime Shipping Company
Port Authority
Terminal Operator
Truck/Rail Operator
Key Performance Indicators
M1: Average anchorage time T1: Average number of crane movements per hour
M2: Average ship turnaround time T2: Average yard dwell time
T3: Average truck turnaround time
T4: Average gate waiting time
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MAIN FACILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY
A PORT
• Ship related services
• Cargo related services
• Administrative
• Others/Value added services
SHIP RELATED SERVICES
• Arrival and departure
• Navigation aids and VTS
• Approach channel
• Pilotage, tugs and mooring gangs
• Locks (if tidal)
• Berths
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CARGO RELATED SERVICES
• Basic Cargo handling on ship and on quay
• Transport to/from storage
• Storage/warehousing
• Tallying, marking, weighing, surveying
• Surveillance, protection
• Dangerous cargo segregation
• Customs and documentary control
• Receiving and delivery
ADMINISTRATIVE
• Police, immigration, customs, health
• Supplies, water, bunkers, Telephone, repairs, medical, waste disposal
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VALUE ADDED SERVICES
• Repackaging, labelling, sorting, assembling
• Cleaning and preparing cargo
• Setting up a logistic network
• setting up a marketing package.
• Safety and security
