This is an increase of 2% from the same month in 2016. The Port of Port Hedland achieved a monthly throughput of 39.4Mt, a decrease of 1% from the previous year.

Iron ore exports for the month totalled 39Mt, a decrease of 1% from the previous year. Imports totalled 141,000 tonnes, a decrease of 11% from the same month in 2016. The Port of Dampier delivered a total monthly throughput of 15.3Mt, an increase of 11% from
the previous year. This was achieved despite a tropical low in late March, which saw the the port’s anchorages cleared of vessels for a total of 18 hours.

Imports totalled 86,000 tonnes, an increase of 3% from the previous year.

Alexander Till, Manager of the Port of Hamburg Representative Office in Vienna, is convinced that the trend will also continue this year: ‘Following many discussions with Austrian decision-makers in the first quarter, one may say that 2017 too will again be a successful year for the Port of Hamburg in Austria.’

The background for this view is that more and more decision-makers are realizing that 98 percent of shipments to and from Austria via Hamburg are being handled by environment-friendly rail. ‘At a time when ecological footprint per container is of growing importance, this gives the Port of Hamburg a crucial competitive advantage,’ states an optimistic Alexander Till.

Overall, around 42 percent of Austrian container volume is handled on services via Hamburg. Looking at the general situation on the Austrian seaborne and intermodal freight market, this is an especially gratifying situation. ‘Its central geographical location makes the Austrian market hotly contested among several European ports. In recent years, the Southern ports, especially, have managed to increase their market shares. Even in this challenging market environment, the Port of Hamburg has invariably proved able to defend its dominant role,’ explains Alexander Till.

Among the contributory factors are its excellent rail links, the dense departure frequency of daily container block trains, as well as the Port of Hamburg’s high number of direct worldwide liner services. Backed up by Port of Hamburg Marketing’s activities, numerous business links with the Austrian sea freight sector have also thrived for many years. The Vienna Representative Office’s marketing activities are reflected in the organization over the last ten years of more than 30 Austria-wide workshops that are also recognized outside Austria. For leading representatives of politics and business, for example, HHM organizes comprehensive tours of the Port of Hamburg, the latest example being one for a delegation from the Federation of Austrian Industry last year.

TPA is the 56th terminal in Latin America to select Navis as a terminal software partner and chose N4 to support its primary goals of optimizing its operational cycle and implementing a more modern platform to adapt to new shipping supply chain trends impacting ports in the region.

Located in northern Chile, TPA is a multipurpose terminal currently handling containers, bulk and break bulk cargo, supporting the trade industries of Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Given its proximity to Bolivia, TPA is the natural choice for managing Bolivia’s foreign trade, which accounts for 85 percent of the cargo transferred by the terminal. Bolivian cargoes that are transferred to TPA receive special benefits including free transit from the port to the border without taxes and 365 days of free storage for import cargoes and 90 days for export cargoes. This often creates dwell time cargo and a series of other operational challenges, which the terminal is seeking to address with the help of Navis N4.

“TPA is one of the most innovative terminals in Latin America and as such, they understand the benefit of embracing technological advancement to modernize operations as it directly impacts their ability to compete in a crowded and evolving marketplace,” said Chuck Schneider, Navis VP and General Manager, Americas. “Unlike many of their industry peers, TPA is committed to tackling their operational challenges head on with the help of sophisticated technology to maintain the highest levels of productivity and support their overall growth objectives. We’re excited to work closely with the TPA team during the N4 implementation process and beyond to satisfy their optimization needs while supporting their customers through a seamless transition.”

Managing an annual TEU of 220,000, TPA signed with N4 to address operational challenges such as improving crane performance (mph), minimizing time per transaction at the gate, improving management of the yard and better optimizing management of resources, among others. TPA will also utilize Navis’ Expert Decking and Autostow optimization modules to support their primary objective of improving productivity and level of service to its customers.

“Our decision to select N4 is part of a larger plan to enhance operations including, a project to improve our gate infrastructure and construction of a new operational building,” said Dante Battaglia, Project Manager TOS, TPA. “As one of the most advanced terminals in the region, these are just a few examples of our commitment to adding value to our customers as a strategic partner in their trade logistics chain. N4’s flexibility and advanced configuration capabilities, as well as its successful deployments in terminals of different types and sizes around the world clearly demonstrate why it is the perfect fit for our modernization efforts. We’re confident that Navis’ solution will increase our capabilities to provide an efficient and timely response to our clients in the Andean Macro Region and we’re honored to be one of the first multipurpose ports in Latin America to implement N4.