David Huck, Port Director, Peel Ports Group

Port Planning & Design:
Upgrading existing terminals to
handle future ship demands
David Huck: Port Director
15th October 2014
TOC Americas, Cartagena, Colombia
Peel Ports. More than Ports
Name :
David Huck
Title:
Port Director
Business :
Peel Ports Group
Email:
[email protected]
Biography:
David has a career background in tier one automotive manufacturing logistics and port
operations management. Today David, based in Liverpool, heads up the largest operating
ports cluster in the Peel Ports Group, handling over 17,000 vessel movements and 48
million tonnes of diverse cargoes per year. This year the group commenced the build of a
new post-panamax deep water terminal “Liverpool 2” with the aim of delivering an
advanced, reliable and operationally efficient logistics solutions to service central
UK.
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Agenda
 Business introduction
 Facing terminal challenges
 Harnessing market opportunities
 Transforming the business
 Designing a logistics solution
 Equipment
 Process integration
 Service differentiation
 The future outlook
 Critical success factors
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Peel Ports. More than Ports
Our Mission
 Peel Ports is more than a group of UK ports, we offer a unique
innovative network supported by a superior infrastructure, facilities and
services. We pride ourselves on being forward thinking and ambitious
operating at the centre of the supply chain to offer flexible, agile and
cost effective solutions to our customers.
Leading and Inspiring Partners to Growth Through
Game Changing Logistics Solutions
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Container Ports
Vessel Operations and Engineering
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One of the largest Port Groups in UK
7 Statutory Port Authorities
65 million tonnes of cargo per annum
26,000 vessel movements per annum
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Container
Liverpool
Manchester
Glasgow
Hunterston
Belfast
Dublin
Heysham
Sheerness
Birkenhead
BG Line
Engineering
Container
Line
Ro-Ro
Steel
Cars
Liquid
Bulks
Dry
Bulks
Forest
Products
Ship
Repairs
Off shore
Support
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Facing Challenges – The Port of Liverpool
 Tidal range of 10.0m
 Channel dredge of 6.9m
 Locked port with a vessel capacity of (294m(L) x 32M (B) x
11.6m (D))
 Typically service large feeders up to 4,000 TEU
 Regional feeder sizes are increasing and calls today can exceed
2,500 container exchanges
 By 2015 85% of the Global container vessel fleet will not fit into
the Port of Liverpool
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Harnessing Market Opportunities
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65% of the UK and Ireland population live within
150 miles of Liverpool
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Liverpool and Manchester are rail and water
connected and have access to 10 motorways
within 10 miles
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Provide a low cost, low carbon, low congestion
solution for the UK and Ireland
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Transforming the Business – Liverpool2
Constraints
 17 hectares landside foot print
 16.5m water alongside (Phase 1)
 850m quay, 2 berths (2 x 380m vessels)
Market Requirements
 1M TEU volume
 STS Quay Cranes>30mph
 >1,500 moves in a tidal window
 65% of haulage turned in 30 minutes
 95% of haulage turned in 90 minutes
 Irish Sea ports and Manchester transhipment
connections <24 hours
 Logistics DC shunts <6 hours
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Designing a Logistics Solution - Equipment
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Volume > 1M TEU
STS Quay Cranes >30mph
>1,500 moves in a tidal window
Maintain haulage, transhipment and SLA’s
Undertaken 18 months of simulation with
17 hectares of
landside pavement
Simulation Rationale
 Optimise the full build and phasing
 Inform equipment selection and best fit for target client base
 Evaluation of scenarios – investor risk / client value
SC
Sprinter SC/
RMG
RTG/IMV
C-RMG.IMV
AC-RMG/IMV
AC-RMG/A-IMV
Customer
Demand
HSE Best
in Class
OP-EX
Restrictive
Capital
Restrictive
SLA
Compliant
>1500
moves TW
STS >30
MPH
1MTEU
Capability
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Designing a Logistics Solution - Equipment
Peel Ports. More than Ports
Designing a Logistics Solution - Equipment
Customer Centric solutions require
 A predictable, repeatable, reliable, stable operation
 A Value solution
 Bottom line financial impact
 Supplier satisfaction, loyalty and growth
 Sustainable growth and development
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Designing a Logistics Solution – Process Integration and

Gate Technology
So How?
Capacity:
QS Cranes:
LS Cranes:
1,000,000 TEU
8
22
Vessel Length:
Vessel Beam:
Vessel DFT:
380m
60m
16.5m
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Designing a Logistics Solution - Service Differentiation
So How?
 Information Quality Improvements
 Forecasting
 Real Time Information
 Right First Time
 Right First Time
 Predictability
 Repeatability
 Reliability
Optimised service delivery
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The Future Outlook
 The container terminal industry has been slow to adopt automation
 Automation and TOS (Terminal Operating System) are advanced,
proven and delivering reliable operational efficiency
 Customer & Terminal Operator (Logistics Provider)
 The output from modelling delivers benefits
 Differentiation of cost, service and customer experience.
 Vision and leadership
 Furnished with a toolkit for success
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Critical Success Factors
So How?
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Streamline structure and remove “Old Port” mind set
Flex labour, flex capacity to demand
Undertake grass routes people development focussing on training in the
role
Broaden understanding of the sector and the linkage to roles in the logistics
chain
Implement a full spectrum of people development plans (Apprentices to
Graduate)
Recruit new talent to plug skill gaps
The right people, culture and behaviours will realise the full potential of the
operation
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Liverpool2
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Customer Portfolio - Unitised Cargo

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