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Disputes Claims and Mitigation. Company. Vector Port and Transport Solutions is a UK based company offering a full range of consulting services to the container , roro port, automotive, bulk handling and intermodal transport sectors.
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Company Vector Port and Transport Solutionsis a UK based company offering a full range of consulting services to the container, roro port, automotive, bulk handling and intermodal transport sectors. Operating since 2003, it has gathered an extensive portfolio covering the commercial and technical management of marine terminals and intermodal facilities with throughputs ranging from 50,000 to over 2.3 million TEU. Vector PTS has participated in a wide range of international projects in Europe, Middle East, Africa, USA, Central America and India,embracing all aspects of port and transport work, both as the prime consultant and also in a supporting role to other specialists, including the arbitration and insurance sectors. Vector PTS has helped to plan, redesign and streamlineoperations, providing safe, cost effective facilities and management systems. slide 2
Expertise & Services • Vector PTS brings a high level of expertise in claims and dispute cases • Expert support for shareholder agreements and JV negotiations, international arbitration (ports and terminals) plus insurance claims and dispute cases • Services offered includetechnical and organisational audits and inspections • Business process mapping and health checks • Commissioning and supervision of handling equipment design and construction for container, roro, intermodal facilities • Port and transport management consulting, including design, capacity assessment, maximisation and start-up management, business process mapping, organisation, IT and due diligence audits • Project and tender management… plus others slide 3
Management Consultancy Activities AMSTERDAM KLAIPEDA DORTMUND LA SPEZIA LE HAVRE GIOIA TAURO LAX/ LBC TRIESTE GENOA NAPLES GENOA MUMBAI CAGLIARI SÈTE (F) VADO (IT) ISTANBUL LIVORNO THESSALONIKI IZMIT BAY (T) QATAR LIMASSOL LÜBECK PADUA GEMLIK (T) CAUCEDO JOHANNESBURG HAMBURG
Clients • APM Terminals • Cosco Europe, Italy • Drewry • Evyapport, Turkey • Rivalta Terminal Europa, Italy • Hapag Lloyd, Italy • Holman Fenwick Willan LLP, UK • Hydro, Norway • Interporto Bologna, Italy • Interporto Padova , Italy • Klaipedos Smelte, Lithuania • Kumport, Turkey • London P&I Club, UK • Lorenzini & C., Italy • Limak, Turkey • Mills & Co, UK • Mercurio Group, Italy • Orsero Group, Italy • Port Authority Gioia Tauro, Italy *) • PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA • Qatalum, Qatar • Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, UK • Royal Haskoning DHV * • TBA, The Netherlands • Transnet, South Africa * • UniCredit Logistics Supporting role to other specialists *) slide 5
THE TEAM: Experience counts slide 6
The team Operation: Andreas Nigulis has more than 30 years of hands-on experience in port operation and management in Europe and has operated marine and inland terminals from 50k TEU to over 2.3m TEU throughput in Germany, Portugal and Italy and past positions include head of terminal operations, operations manager and managing director. He has also lectured at the Universities of Genoa, and Antwerp. Commercial: Igor Golec has more than 30 years of international maritime experience. He has consolidated senior management know-how with leading shipping lines and container terminal operators and participated at the development of Italy’s transhipment hub Med Center Container Terminal, Gioia Tauro. He assisted as senior commercial advisor during the start-up of the EMES Intra-Med and Black Sea services. Currently he advises MSC’s Italian Agency network. Engineering: Bozo Lipic has over 25 years of technical and managerial experience in European port environments, whose career highlights included technical responsibility for RoRo and container terminals in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. He has extensive experience with the start up of ZPMC cranes and the design and construction processes of marine terminals gained as technical director of ACT Amsterdam, Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals and in consultancy projects. Commercial and government relations in Brazil: Elias Gedeon over 30 years experience in port construction, port management, airline management and maritime transportation. He started his career as construction manager of the Port of Aratu, Bahia, the largest petrochemical port in South America and then moved on to manage the Port of Ilheus, a general cargo port. He held the position of corporate vice president of Vasp - Brazilian Airlines and directed Centronave, the largest shipping line association in Latin America. Elias is member of FIESP - Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo and AEB - Brazilian Foreign Trade Association. • : slide 7
LEGAL: Disputes, claims and mitigation Shareholder agreements Joint ventures slide 8
Legal Negotiation and agreements Negotiating shareholder agreements and joint ventures means you will probably want experts with global capability to help you through the process: this is another aspect where the experience of the team at Vector PTS is invaluable. They have provided sound, confidential advice to a number of clients including COSCO in Italy and APM TERMINALS in France as well as Turkish clients, helping them arrive at the best possible outcome in support their future plans. slide 9
Legal Disputes, claims and mitigation Its uncomfortable, but it happens, and even the best companies can find themselves in dispute with their suppliers, contractor and clients, from causes as diverse as accidents, negligence or even Acts of God. English law firms Holman Fenwick Willan, Mills & Co and Reynolds Porter Chamberlain and The London P&I Club are our clients. Good conflict resolution means understanding and working through whatwent wrong, allocating responsibility, estimating the consequent loss and the cost of putting the damage right: further, the experts that make up the team have a wealth of experience in global dispute investigation and have given evidence as Experts Witnesses.
Legal Mitigation of business interruption claims Regions MEA Baltic Sea Central & South America
CONSULTANCY: Business process mapping Health checks Design, equipment and capacity planning slide 12
CONSULTANCY: Business process mapping slide 13
Consultancy APM TerminalsVado Ligure, Italy Marine Terminal Project Gateway / Transhipment 750 K TEU Capacity Semi-automated Operation • Business process mapping for fully automated terminal • Assessment of the existing map • Contribution focused on specific regional industry insight
Consultancy City Deep Rail TerminalJohannesburg, South Africa Inland Rail Terminal 400K TEU Capacity Reach Stacker Operation • Business process mapping • Preparation for implementation of a new TOS (terminal operating system) • Guidance on the TOS transition • Description of required business and organisational changes • ‘Best Practice’ business processes slide 15
CONSULTANCY: Technical Due Diligence & Health checks slide 16
Consultancy Cyprus Port Authority Limassol, Cyprus Multi-purpose terminal - RoRo - Passenger terminal - Car handling • Buyers Due Diligence • Privatisation of the MPT in Limassol • General cargo • RoRo • Car handling slide 17
Consultancy Thessaloniki Port Authority Greece • Port Operation • - RoRo & Container • General cargo • Passenger terminal • -Agri & Mineral bulk • Buyers Due Diligence • Privatisation of the port of Thessaloniki • General cargo & Container • RoRo & Steel products • Agri bulk & mineral bulk • Passenger and ferry terminal • Capex & Opex assessment • Capex & Opex modelling slide 18
Consultancy Evyap PortIzmit Bay, Turkey Marine Terminal Project Gateway 500 K TEU Capacity Reach Stacker/ RTG Operation • Health checks and business due diligence • Operations, engineering and IT • KPI analysis • Reorganisation recommendations slide 19
Consultancy Kumport Istanbul, Turkey Marine Terminal Project Gateway 450 K TEU Capacity Reach Stacker/ RTG Operation • Health checks and technical due diligence • Organisation analysis & reorganisation proposals of operations • Expansion planning slide 20
CONSULTANCY: Design, equipment and capacity planning slide 21
Consultancy Evyapport Europe, Turkey, Design, equipment and capacity planning VIO Intermodal Terminal Europe, Italy Interporto PadovaEurope, Italy Marine and Intermodal terminals slide 22
Consultancy Kumport Istanbul, Turkey Marine Terminal Project Gateway 1.5 M TEU Capacity Reach Stacker/ RTG Operation • Design, equipment & capacity planning • Assessment of terminal capacity and machinery park (technical due diligence) • Equipment specification & tender consultancy slide 23
CONSULTANCY: Tender processes and technical specifications slide 24
Consultancy Klaipedos Smelte Europe, Lithuania, Tender processes and technical specifications Interporto Padova Padua, Italy LimakIskenderun, Turkey Kumport Istanbul, Turkey Ship to shore gantry cranes & Mobile Harbour cranes RTGs and wheeled yard handling equipment RMGs and rail handling cranes slide 25
CONSULTANCY: Dry bulk terminals slide 26
Consultancy Société Djiboutienne de Gestion du Terminal Vraquier, Djibouti Europe, Vado-Savona, Italy Dry Bulk Marine Terminal Grain & Fertilizer 2 M tons Volume • Assessment of HSE procedures (Personnel and Equipment Flow) • Assessment of existing procedures • Recommendations for the safety initiative improvement plan slide 27
Vector Port and • Transport Solutions Ltd • UK OFFICE • Main Line: + 44 1452 835642 • Fax: +44 700 6035379 • Email: info@vectorpts.co.uk • BRAZIL OFFICE • Tel: +55 11 3 382 1461 • Mob: +55 11 9 823 9928 • Email: e.gedeon@vectorpts.co.uk • Web: www.vectorpts.co.uk slide 28