Optimisation vs. Automation in South African Ports

Optimisation vs. Automation in South African Ports

Deirdre Ackermann

General Manager: EIMS, Innovation, Sustainability, Change Management and Continuous

Improvement

Transnet Port Terminals

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Contents• Overview

• Introduction

• Transnet SOC Ltd

• Automation VS Optimisation

• Man VS Machine

• Best of Both

• IntelliPort

• CSIR-project

• Concept

• Global Strategy

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OUR TERMINALSTHE TEAM

10 NEW 18,000 TEU SHIPS ORDERED BY MAERSK

- To be delivered over next 3 years

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CMA CGM Jules Verne (16,020 TEU)Joined the Far East Europe Trade in May 2013

OUR TERMINALSTHE TEAM3 SHIPS OF >13,000 TEU IN CMA CGM’s FLEET

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OUR TERMINALSTHE TEAMHAMBURG SUD’s CLASS E VESSELS

South Africa – Southern Hub for World Shipping Routes

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Ngqura Hub and Spoke Model

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Monrovia (Liberia)

Lome(Togo)

Port Louis (Mauritius)

Toamasina(Madagascar)

Takoradi(Ghana)

Abidjan(Côte d'Ivoire)

Lagos (Nigeria)

Cotonou(Benin)

Walvis Bay (Namibia)

Tema(Ghana)

Dar es Salaam

(Tanzania)

Tanga

(Tanzania)

Mombasa

(Kenya)

Nacala

(Mozambique

)Beira

(Mozambique)

Maputo

(Mozambique)

Richards Bay (SA)

Durban (SA)

East London (SA)Ngqura (SA)

Libreville

(Gabon) Pointe Noire

Matadi (Congo)

Douala

(Cameroon)

Source: Team analysis

Lobito

(Angola)

Luanda

(Angola)

Dakar (Senegal)

Algiers (Algeria)

Port Said

(Egypt)

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TRANSNET STATE OWNED COMPANY LTD- OPERATIONAL DIVISIONS

• TPT operates 16

cargo terminals

situated across

7 South African

ports.

• It provides

cargo handling

services for the

• container,

• bulk,

• break-bulk and

• Automotive

sectors. 8

• TNPA is

responsible for

the safe, efficient

and effective

functioning of the

national ports

system, which it

manages in a

landlord capacity.

TNPA is the

provider of port

infrastructure and

marine services at

all commercial

ports in South

Africa.

• 8 Commercial

• TFR is focused

on transporting

182 million tons

of bulk and

containerised

freight along its

~20 500 km rail

network, of which

• ~1 500 km’s

comprises heavy

haul export lines.

• ~ 4 000 km’s of

branch lines.

• TE consists of

nine focused

business units

providing

services ranging

from

refurbishment,

conversion and

upgrades, to the

manufacturing of

new rolling stock.

• TE undertakes

most of the

maintenance

services required

by TFR and also

supports TPT

• TPL transports

a 18 billion litres

of petroleum

products and

gas through 3

800 km’s of

underground

pipelines

traversing 5

provinces,

thereby

ensuring the

security of

supply of

petroleum

products to the

inland market,

• R312 billion of

capital

investments

over 7 years

• CSI in

Education,

Health, Sport,

Arts &

Agriculture

• Property

Management

• Transnet

Schools

Capital

Projects

Transnet

Foundation

Property

Schools

Transnet

Pipelines

(TPL)

Transnet

Engineerin

g(TE)

Transnet

Freight Rail

(TFR)

Transnet

Port

Terminals

(TPT)

Transnet

National

Ports

Authority

(TNPA)

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16 Port Terminals across South Africa:

- 4 Container Terminals with a total of 8m TEU capacity

(96% market share)

- 3 Bulk Terminals with 89m Tonnes combined capacity

(52% market share in dry bulk – 0% liquid bulk)

- 3 Automotive Terminals (100% market share of new build)

- 6 Break-Bulk Terminals with 19m Tonnes capacity

(69% market share)

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• Introduction



• Man VS Machine

• Best of Both

• IntelliPort

• CSIR-project

• Concept

• Global Strategy

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Manual vs Automation vs Optimisation

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Get The Basics Right

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TPT IntelliPort

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• Introduction



• Man VS Machine

• Best of Both

• IntelliPort

• CSIR-project

• Concept

• Global Strategy

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Concepts of an Intelligent Port

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Reduce Cost of

Logistics Services

Improve Logistics

Services Efficiency

Realise Terminal

Economic Benefits

Achieve information

Integration and

Sharing

Improve Terminal

Management Decision

Making

Improve Efficiency

Improve Terminal

Execution Levels

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Build Market Related

Intelligence

Expand Supply Chain

Trade

Support Finance and

Infrastructure

Support System

Integration

Optimise Systems

Planning

Optimise Strategic

Planning


- IntelliPort

Hamburg Model

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eThekwini Model – Smart City

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eThekwini Model – Smart City

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eThekwini Model – Smart Roads

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WeighIn-Motion

Intelligent Digital Signage Automated

Car System

Traffic Cameras


- Strategy Interventions

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In-MotionWeighing

Intelligent Digital Signage Automated

Car System

Traffic Cameras


- Action Programmes

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- Action Programmes

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TNPA Model – Smart Port

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Marine Operations Terminal OperationsRoad/Rail

Operations

TPT Model - IntelliPort

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Smart Port

Smart Roads/Rail

Systems of Record / Operations

IntelliPort

Smart City

Benefits of the TPT IntelliPort

• Unified approach to software, harmonising collection of data, sensor enabled devices and network

servers and the services that interact with them;

• Seamless “Port Terminal Ecosystem” based on open architecture;

• Enables business to make decisions about market, freight, distribution, customer, security,

equipment, financial of office automation;

• Enables Operational Performance increase;

• Aids and ensures that Safety criteria is improved;

• JIT Business Intelligence.

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