Best practices to reduce dock idle time-ILTA 2015

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Best Practices to Reduce Dock Idle Time

2© Copyright 2015 Oceaneering International Inc.

PortVision helps over 30 terminals optimize dock operations.


Dock Utilization

• Calculated as a percentage of time the dock is occupied vs. vacant vs. outage

• Outage Types– Within the terminal’s

control (dredging, jetty work)– Outside the terminal's control (weather,

tides)


How do you calculate dock utilization?• No standard calculation for utilization• Terminals calculate utilization in different

ways for operations and marketing• Utilization numbers will increase when

external outages times are excluded.


Dock Idle time• Idle time is an efficiency measurement of

vessel call management• Total time any vessel is alongside and not

transferring cargo• Reduction of idle time will decrease overall

dock utilization• Lower dock utilization = Increased opportunity

for more vessel calls


How to reduce dock idle time

• Benchmarking and Trending of KPIs–

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Vessel Calls

• Idle time can occur in distinct periods of vessel call events–––


Logging your Events is the Key• Consistently identifying & recording vessel

call events is paramount

• Providing an easy, real-time method for event logging allows

quick reaction times

• Log both routine events and delays, both impact idle time


So how do I use this data?

• Promote friendly competition between shifts• Identify which shift is able to complete

routine events more efficiently• Transfer practices

from efficient shifts to others

• Compare Inspector call out times• Use results to strengthen dialogue with

inspection companies and customers


Delays count!• Focus attention where it can be best applied

• Pre, Transfer and Post Delays

• Terminal Delays• Customer Delays• Vessel Delays

• Identify most impactful delays and work to reduce these first


Demurrage, not my problem, right?• Public Terminals are not exposed to

demurrage.• Customers and Operators are.• All things being equal would a potential client

choose a relationship with a terminal who paid attention to demurrage over one who did not?


Who are the responsible stakeholders?

• Managing Idle time is every stakeholder’s responsibility

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• After implementing our system, one terminal:• Decreased idle time by 8%• Saved $600K per site/annually

Is all this really worth it?


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Bob KesslerDirector of Business Development, Enterprise SystemsOceaneering International Inc

T [email protected]

www.portvision.com

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