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Automation power by AI
Improving terminal efficiency
Dr. Yvo Saanen | TOC Europe 2018 | Rotterdam © TBA2018
About software investments in container terminals
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Less than 2.5% of OPEX is spent on software
Equipment
Manufacturer
Rise & Shine
AI, BI, TOS, ECS
A situation many RTG terminals are in
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A situation not addressed……
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……..with hugeimprovement potential
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What is it? Automated dispatching of RTGs
Neighbouring RTG helps out automatically, workload is spread over the available
cranes, no more uncovered moves
Zone assigned to 1 yard crane, with all the moves in time, and their execution
position in the yard
Optimized path, with recommended number of RTGs per block
Each path shows a separate RTG
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Moves are added in real-time to the schedule from vessel, gate or rail
What does it do?
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PLANS– Advises on the number of yard cranes in upcoming
shift– Takes gate information and upcoming vessels into
account– Provides advise on near-term locations of equipment
WARNS– Recognizes yard clashes in advance – Provides information to solve clash– Identifies a too high / low workload per block
DISPATCHES– Places the RTGs throughout the shift
ADAPT
REACT
PREDICT
What is the result?
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€20.9M €20.2M€19.0M
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€25M
Before After at 5% efficiency increase
After at 15% efficiency increase
Operational cost per year (RTG only)at 1.0 M containers/annum
RTG
9%-€1.9M
3%-€0.7M
In one of the largest RTG terminals worldwide, an average 10%increase in RTG productivity was recorded after implementation of
YCS (during 1 year)
What does it mean? The business case
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A terminal doing 1.5M TEU, intending to grow to 2.0M TEUOperated with 30 RTGs intends purchasing another 10 RTG’sEstimated investment: 15 million US$
Or
Implement YCS firstIncrease RTG prod by 10%Buy less RTG’s (-4)Investment: 9M + 1M US$ for YCS
SAVING: – 5M US$ with an investment of 1M US$– Yearly saving: 1M US$
Conclusion: Automated RTG dispatching
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Huge potential: 700 RTG terminals world-wide
Proven solution: 1 terminal using automated RTG dispatching
The result: >10% less RTGs required
The business case: ROI for terminals >1M TEU: <1 year (no brainer)
Investment less than cost of 1 RTG (yes, we’ll need less equipment)
Additional benefit: Independence from manual RTG dispatching (erratic, inconsistent)
Biggest hurdle: adjusting business processes
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Contact Details
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TBA Group
Karrepad 2A2623 AP DelftThe Netherlandswww.tba.group
Contact information
Office +31 (0) 15 3805775Fax +31 (0) 15 [email protected]
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