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Jakobsen (APM Terminals): the productivity is the land of challenge of the terminals operators
There are terminal - it has explained - where an increase of the 40-50% of the productivity is not an unrealistic objective
May 3, 2012
According to group APM Terminals it is possible to remarkablly increase to the productivity of the container harbour terminals. Taking part last week to the conference "Future Ports", held to Stockholm, the responsible for the performance of the projects of the Dutch terminalista society, Soren Sjostrand Jakobsen, one has been said sure that "we and the other terminalisti operators we have terminal in our pocketbook where an increase of the 40-50% of the productivity is not an unrealistic objective, and also for the terminals with greater performances an ulterior increase is possible".
"Our customers - he has found Jakobsen - are realizing more and more large ships and are essential that we are able to increase our productivity at least to the same rhythm of increase of the ships, if not rather with an elevated rhythm more".
The manager of the terminalista society, that it takes part of shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk, has explained that the measures in order to increase the productivity demand huge investments, but has specified that they produce also an economic return: "to increase the productivity - Jakobsen has said - it allows you to free ability, to reduce the costs, to improve your produced one and to return the customers satisfied. If we can increase of 50% the productivity of a terminal of the ability to a million teu we will give carried out to the field for the benefit of our customers graces to an economic advantage, to a greater reliability and availability of ability". "The productivity - it has concluded - will be the battlefield of the terminalisti operators and those who will be able to satisfy the requirements of own customers will be the winners".
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According to group APM Terminals it is possible to remarkablly increase to the productivity of the container harbour terminals. Taking part last week to the conference "Future Ports", held to Stockholm, the responsible for the performance of the projects of the Dutch terminalista society, Soren Sjostrand Jakobsen, one has been said sure that "we and the other terminalisti operators we have terminal in our pocketbook where an increase of the 40-50% of the productivity is not an unrealistic objective, and also for the terminals with greater performances an ulterior increase is possible".
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
