Port, Vessel, Terminal Management

• 08:30 – 08:45 Introduction and Revue of last week

• 08:45 – 09:35 Port Authority - the great facilitator
• 09:35 – 09:45 Break
• 09:45 – 10:50 Steamship lines - a rapidly evolving industry
• 10:50 – 11:00 Break
• 11:00 – 12:00 Marine Terminal Operators, organization and
function
• 12:00 – 12:10 Break
• 12:10 – 12:30 Exercise – how will the Port handle peak season
Port Authorities
Generating revenue, Cargo Growth and
Jobs!
• A port authority (or a port district) is a governmental or quasi-
governmental public entity usually formed by a legislative body to
operate ports and other transportation infrastructure. They may be state
agencies (example: Georgia Port Authority), extensions of municipal
governments (example: Port of Los Angeles part od the city) or special
purpose municipalities upon themselves (example: Port of Tacoma). Port
authorities are usually governed by boards or commissions, which are
commonly appointed, but may be elected.
• Those commissions hire a CEO to run the day to day activities of the port.
• Some power is given to the CEO to authorize spending but most
spending, capital investments, must be approved by the commission.
 Port Authorities and Stakeholders

• There are many Stakeholders that intersect with the Port.

• Each Stakeholder has their own point of view and objective.
• The Port must balance the needs and wants of stakeholders with the
mission and goals the Port has set.
• The Port must communicate its path effectively to all the
stakeholders in order to grow cargo, increase jobs, protect the
environment and be a good neighbor!
 Types of Ports:
The Operating Port
• Builds the wharves, owns the cranes and cargo-
handling equipment and hires the labor to move
cargo in the sheds and yards. A stevedore company
hires longshore labor to lift cargo between the ship
and the dock, where the port’s laborers pick it up and
bring it to the storage site. The Port receives direct
bennifts of cargo volume growth.
 The Landlord Port
• The powers of the port authority are limited to the
decisions concerning land use, reservations of space for
the port areas and construction and use of public port
works. Port authorities act like the owner of the port
property, granting short or long term leases or
concessions to private enterprises. Revenue is generated
on a per acre rental rate. The port is protected from the
ups and downs of cargo volume but has less influence and
does not benefit from increases of cargo volume.
 The Hybrid Port
• Ex. Port of Tacoma – facilitate cranes at some terminals (Husky), leases
other terminals (WUT) and act as an operator (T7)
• The port authority runs one or more terminals while leasing others or
can act as a tool port in one instance and as a landlord or operating port
at other facilities
The Northwest Seaport Alliance
• a) The Northwest Seaport Alliance “The Northwest Seaport Alliance is
a marine cargo operating partnership of the Port of Seattle and Port
of Tacoma. We are the fourth-largest container gateway in North
America. Under a port development authority, the ports manage the
container, breakbulk, auto and some bulk terminals in the Seattle and
Tacoma harbor
• https://www.nwseaportalliance.com/#/maps/overview
How Does the Money Flow?
• It all starts with the cargo owner and the steamship line.
• Freight rates are negotiated to carry cargo from origin to destination.
• Sometimes it is from Port to Port.
• Sometimes it is from Door to Door.
• Whatever this rate is represents the revenue for the Line.
• Everything else is an expense.
 Steamship Line to
Stevedore
A steamship line agrees to a per box rate with
the Stevedore to load and discharge their
vessels.
 Stevedore to Port
The Stevedore either pays an amount that is
stipulated in the Port Tarif for the use of the dock or
enter into a long term lease of the facility through a
concession.
NWSA Tariff 300

• Naming: Rates, Charges, Rules and Regulations for

• Services Performed by the Participating Terminals, Docks, or
Wharves under the Northwest Seaport Alliance, as licensee/agent
for Ports of Tacoma and Seattle
• https://www.nwseaportalliance.com/sites/default/files/2017_drayage
_providers_company_profile/July%201,%202017%20Tariff.pdf
What is a Concessionary Agreement
• A concession is an agreement between the port authority and a
steamship line or a terminal operator to operate certain facilities
within a port (for example a terminal) during a given period of time
(20+ years). The shipping lines pay the terminal operators certain
handling tariffs or enter into ship line agreements with the terminal
operator. With that income, the terminal operator must cover his
operating costs, investment costs (in some concession models the
terminal operator must actually invest in infrastructure), taxes and
charges
Concessionary agreement Revenue.
• Payments to the port authority take two basic forms:
• Fixed Fee: The lease charge is a fixed fee (ground lease), price per
acre. There are usually other stipulations to incentivize additional
cargo growth and to account for yearly inflation.
• Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG): Often the terminal operator is
also required to guarantee a minimum throughput of cargo expressed
on an annual basis
Port Authority and Maritime supply chain
stakeholders
• a) Trucking Companies
• b) Railroads
• c) Distribution Centers
• d) Labor
• e) Steam ship Line
• f) Environmental groups
• g) Stevedore companies
• h) Residential Neighborhoods
• i) Tribal Land
• j) non maritime tenants
• k) shippers
• l) BCO’s
BREAK!
Ocean Carriers
• The ocean carriers own (or charter) and operate the ships that call at
the ports. Own to lease generally around 50% +/- 10.
• Diesel-fueled vessels have replaced the old steamships of the past,
although many people still refer to modern diesel ships as steamships.
• Ocean carriers often own, or have a strategic relationship with a
Terminal Operator in order to secure guaranteed berth space at a port
or in order to vertically integrate their business.
Fact
• Historically, a "ship" was a sailing vessel with at least three square-
rigged masts.
Top 10 shipping Lines
• Top 10 = 83% of all capacity!
1 APM-Maersk 4,198,033 17.90%
2 Mediterranean Shg Co 3,642,170 15.50%
3 COSCO Group 2,968,344 12.70%
4 CMA CGM Group 2,680,927 11.40%
5 Hapag-Lloyd 1,681,915 7.20%
ONE (Ocean Network
6 1,581,001 6.70%
Express)
7 Evergreen Line 1,296,932 5.50%
Yang Ming Marine Transport
8 645,887 2.80%
Corp.
9 PIL (Pacific Int. Line) 393,498 1.70%
10 Hyundai M.M. 385,566 1.60%
Commercial Landscape 2000 - 2018

• 2000 - 2007
• Industry is preparing for a tsunami of trade. PPP is solution to infrastructure
challenges. The West Coast Rules, East coast secondary.
• Individual Lines are hunting for acreages (waterfront) and concessionary
agreements.
• The word on the street is that LA / Long beach are running out of space.
• Steamship lines looking north for added capacity
• Growth rate -double digits - year on year for the past 15 years.
• Attitude is you can’t loose. Terminals are money making machines.
• Steamships are racking up significant profits, looking to gain market share
Commercial Landscape 2000 - 2017

•2007 - 2010
• US economy hits the skids 2007- 2008.
• 2007 - 2009, Severe vessel TEU overcapacity do to lack of demand.
• Idling of ~12% of global fleet.
• Economy in freefall.
• Slow- and ECO steaming instituted to soak up excess capacity.
• Industry in shock. General belief that some will go bankrupt.
• Large scale bailouts and support from governments save some steamship
lines.
Commercial Landscape 2000 - 2017

2010- 2011
• Some lines return to profitability .
• Massive cost cutting by the lines, reduction in customer service.
• Feb of 2011 Maersk announces order for 20 triple E. 18,000 teu.
• Other shipping lines follow suite and the race to the big ship is on.
• Market share increase is the name of the game. At the cost of rates.
• Market begins consolidating. Alliances begin to form. Lines looking to
dominate are just stay alive.
Commercial Landscape 2000 - 2017
• 2011 -2015
• Huge injection of larger, 18,000teu vessels.
• 2014 and Q1 2015, West Coast Labor issues.
• 2016 Port of Portland shuts down only container terminal.
• Overcapacity creates massive rate volatility.
• Hanjin declares bankruptcy.
Commercial Landscape 2000 - 2017
• 2017
• April – New set of alliances are formed shrinking from 4 to 3.
Alliances both the old and the new
• Previous shipping alliances:
• 2M Alliance: Maersk and MSC
• Ocean Three Alliance: CMA CGM, UASC, China Shipping
• G6 Alliance: NYK Line, OOCL, APL, MOL, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM
• CKYHE Alliance: K Line, COSCO, Hanjin Shipping, Evergreen, Yang
Ming
The New Alliances
• New shipping alliances
• 2M Alliance: Maersk, MSC
• THE Alliance: NYK, MOL, K Line, Yang Ming, Hapag-Lloyd
• Ocean Alliance: CMA CGM, Evergreen, OOCL, COSCO Shipping

• NYK,MOL,K LINE have merged into new company ONE.

• COSCO now owns OOCL.
• April 2020 HMM will join THE Alliance.
Incredible control of market
• These three alliances represent 77.2% of global container capacity
and a whopping 96% of all East-West trades. Ocean Alliance offers
the most services, with some 40 loops. THE Alliance follows with 32
services and 2M with 25.
• 2020 will see the Alliance add additional services with the inclusion of
HMM. M2 will loose a few services as they end the sharing agreement
with HMM.
The Big Three
Where to from Here?
• More big ships.
• More consolidation.
• More power in the hands of the steamship lines.
• Increased focus on technology as a means to cut costs and increase
supply chain visibility.
• Pushing the digitization of the logistics supply chain.
• Asset tracking, Block chain, cloud computing.
• Fending off disrupters like Amazon, Alibaba and a host of start up
ventures hoping to penetrate the market.
BREAK
Marine Terminal Operators
• The marine terminal operator (MTO) is the party that operates cargo
handling activities at a port and husbandry of ships
• A terminal operator oversees unloading cargo from ship to dock,
checking the quantity of cargoes versus the ship’s manifest (list of
goods), transferring of the cargo into storage areas, checking
documents that authorize a trucker to pick up cargo, overseeing the
loading/unloading of railroad cars, etc.
• In addition, the terminal operators conducts Maintenance and Repair
work on behalf of the Lines (containers, refrigerated containers,
gensets) and chassis providers.
Marine Terminal Operators Business
Models
• Model 1: T-18
• MTO Operates a particular facility (terminal) as a common user facility
• The terminal operator will equip the facility (cranes and yard equipment)
• Their business model is to have several ocean carriers call – however each caller
cannot be granted the same level of berth guarantee so Service Level agreements
are signed with an ocean carrier
• This establishes an expected volume and in return the ocean carrier has berth
guarantee and service level issues (crane productivity, number of cranes per vessel
etc.
• Penalty clauses in the operating agreement - also works in reverse Therefore there
is a balance for the caller: berth guarantee vs. additional costs (generally berth
guarantee will be more costly)
Marine Terminal Operators Business
Models
• Model 2. Ocean Carriers holding the concessionary agreement – two
subgroups.
• The ocean carrier operates the terminal through a subsidiary.
• The ocean carrier secures continuous flow of cargo by leasing a
terminal from a port authority.
• The ocean carrier is the lessee but contracts the stevedoring to an
independent terminal operator.
• THE ONE at Husky pays the rent to Port of Tacoma but Ports of
America operate the terminal on their behalf.
Marine Terminal Operators Business
Models
• Model 3. Operating Port Authorities
• Virginia Port Authority, North Carolina State Docks, South Carolina
State Port, Georgia Port Authority and Alabama State Docks
(essentially the Southeastern Ports) Have an operating branch that
operates the port’s facilities
• Generally they also make the recommendations for equipment
purchase to the Port’s Director who, in turn, would act after approval
from the Commissioners
Steamship Line has their own Terminal
operator.
• Model 4:
• Stevedoring company is a subsidiary of the Steamship Line.
• Everports
• APM
• Allows the most control and flexibility to the Line as it is their asset.
Biggest operators
Looking at terminal Operations
• Pierce County Terminal
• Departments and Staffing
• The Ins and outs of running a terminal
• Understanding equipment and modes of operation
Who is Running the Operation
• Management Staff
• GM
• TSM - TOM
• Marine Manager – Yard Manager –Gate Manager – Rail Manager
• Superintendents
Who is getting the work done.
• Represented Staff - ILWU
• Chief supervisor
• Steady Forman
• Supervisors
• Equipment operators
• Extra men.
• For vessel operations add a supercargo and additional foreman for
each working gang.
Straddle carrier facility
Top Pick RTG Facility
ASC Facility
Increasing production - Controlling costs
• Terminals have a design capacity and a design production rate.
• Increasing production can be accomplished in several ways.
• Infrastructure projects that add acreage.
• Increase the hours of operation.
• Introduce new technology that increases productivity.
• Add equipment and manning to increase the amount of containers
per hour that can be processed.
BREAK
IF WE HAVE TIME
What does the future hold?
• Mechanical Automation. Robotics. ASC’s
• AI, Machine Learning, Autonomous container handling equipment.
• Bigger ships, fewer calls, more peak congestion.
• Blockchain
• 5G
• 24/7 asset Tracking
• IOT
• New players backed by venture capital. Uber Freight, NEXT Trucking,
convoy, NYSHEX, etc.
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Port Congestion A Multi-Faceted Issue

• Inefficiency of the transportation infrastructure connecting a marine

terminal to rail and roadways
• Disruptions to intermodal rail networks that serve ports
• The amount of land that the port facility has to store containers and
conduct operations
• Hours of marine terminal operation
• The time chosen by shippers or truckers to pick up their shipments
• Hours when warehouses or distribution centers are open to receive
or discharge containers
Group exercise
• Peak season is here and BCO’s are voicing concerns that they will not
be able to get their cargo in a timely fashion.
• What should we do?
Group exercise
• Develop a strategy based on these inputs.
• The Port does not have operational control.
• Cargo owners say they will shift cargo away from the gateway if
production suffers at the terminals. Loss of market share may not be
recoverable.
• Terminal operators can’t afford additional cost to their operations.

• Hint: There is no easy answer to this question. 