05 - 07 February, 2019
Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa, Mombasa, Kenya
Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa, Mombasa, Kenya
Conference Day Two: Thursday, 19 April 2018
8:30 am - 9:25 am Start of conference registration with welcome refreshments
9:25 am - 9:30 am Opening remarks from the conference Chairman
Increasing port throughput and improving terminal operations
9:30 am - 10:00 am Optimal berths planning to manage and accommodate increasing vessel size
Nozipho Sithole, Chief Executive,Transnet Port Terminals, South Africa- Managing growing port congestion, improving productivity and performance
- Describing the key elements of best practice: Planning, design and development
- Integration and optimisation of quay cranes and trucks at terminals
10:00 am - 10:30 am Big ships, big challenges: Best practices of designing ports for large vessels
Martin Mannion, Ports & Marine Director – Europe, Middle East Africa & India,AECOM- Deepening quays and improving onshore terminals to cope with larger ships and peak offloads into the port hinterland
- Increasing cargo off-take and equipment availability
- Accelerating the rate of information exchange across the multiple stakeholders in the port value chain
10:30 am - 11:00 am Adopting efficient dredging practices to optimise operations
- Quick overview of the regulatory landscape
- Initiating the project: Planning, approvals, permits and licenses
- Early Contractor Involvement: Delving deeper into the benefits and how it can optimise a project
11:00 am - 11:30 am Networking break and refreshments
11:30 am - 12:20 pm Panel discussion: Maximising port operations and security to beat the competition
Nozipho Sithole, Chief Executive,Transnet Port Terminals, South Africa Brown Mugeta, Operations and HSSE Manager,Maersk - APM Terminals, Tanzania Bernard Nyobange, Senior Civil Engineer,Kenya Ports Authority Kenneth Mwige, Secretary General,Intergovernmental Standing Committee on Shipping (ISCOS)This panel discussion will provide an overview of the following points:
- Maximising points of efficiency in your port such as inner-port transport, operations and communications to create a competitive and attractive choice to the shipping community
- Leveraging advanced technologies to maximise resource utilisation and capacity handling in the quay side, yard, and warehouse while achieving the shortest possible total transit time
- How to balance security requirements and operational efficiency?
Bernard Nyobange
Senior Civil EngineerKenya Ports Authority
Successful port digitisation: Making ports and terminals more efficient and smarter
12:20 pm - 12:50 pm Cost-benefits analysis of onshore power supply, port stay fuel costs and associated ecological costs: Case Study of the Port of Mombasa
Eng. Denis Mulwa, Senior Electrical Engineer,Kenya Ports Authority
12:50 pm - 1:20 pm The future of terminal automation: Boosting operations and productivity and increasing safety
Some believe the port automation revolution has already begun in the Middle East while others still see it as merely hype, a concept which will take years to be implemented here in the region. This presentation will unearth the potential of automation with some practical examples from the region, and the impact it has had on the ports involved.
1:20 pm - 2:00 pm Leveraging smart technologies to achieve excellence
Brown Mugeta, Operations and HSSE Manager,Maersk - APM Terminals, TanzaniaIn an effort to improve productivity and enhance the performance, port facilities are increasingly utilising sophisticated technologies. As the number of disparate and varied technologies within a port increases, the complexity of the workflow and the difficulty in parsing information from each system also rises, lowering efficiency. This session looks into smart ways to leverage technology to maximise port performance.
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Chairman’s closing remarks
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Networking lunch
3:15 pm - 3:15 pm End of conference
The published programme is correct at time of printing. However, given the seniority of our speakers and the nature of their roles, speakers may subsequently substitute or remove themselves from the programme. This is always regrettable, and we will always try to replace the speaker with a speaker with equivalent insight.