Print Email Facebook Twitter Identifying and improving port call processes to enable Just-In-Time arrivals and services Title Identifying and improving port call processes to enable Just-In-Time arrivals and services: A case study on MSC container shipping in the Port of Rotterdam Author Vermeulen, Maurice (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) Contributor Frouws, J.W. (mentor) van Hassel, E.B.H.J. (mentor) Tavasszy, Lorant (graduation committee) de Koning Gans, H.J. (graduation committee) Hekkenberg, R.G. (graduation committee) den Ouden, B. (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Marine Technology | Ship Design, Production and Operations | Shipping Management Date 2020-09-10 Abstract The IMO has proposed Just-In-Time arrivals and services as one of the short-term solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in maritime shipping. The Just-In-Time concept allows vessels to optimize their speed during the voyage. If a vessel earlier knows at which time it is requested to arrive at the pilot boarding place, the vessel can adapt its speed to arrive when the berth, nautical services and the fairway are available. Besides environmental reasons, shipping companies as MSC consider the Just-In-Time initiative as a major port call process optimization. It has obvious advantages for MSC since this concept aims to minimise unnecessary ad hoc waiting times and reduces fuel consumption per mile steamed. In the past, it has become clear it is extremely complicated to implement this initiative. Research is required in order to find out what needs to be improved to enable Just-In-Time arrivals and services. The current port call processes must be analysed. As start point, a case study is conducted on the port call processes of the world’s second largest shipping company in the biggest port of Europe. In this study, the current port call processes of MSC container shipping in the Port of Rotterdam are identified and improved in order to enable Just-In-Time arrivals and services. First, an actor-stakeholder analysis is conducted to understand the incentives and relations between actors involved in a port call. Subsequently, this information is used in the process analysis. In this study, the port call processes are analysed by both qualitative and quantitative research. The research has emphasized the complexity of the port call business processes. Actors primarily act on the basis of their own incentives. In order to enable Just-In-Time arrivals and services, collaboration is required among the involved actors. Today, most actors see the benefits of this concept. However, some actors are not willing to share data about their processes since this is considered as sensitive information. In case actors are willing to share data, it can be concluded that the information is not exchanged frequently enough or does often not meet any data standards. As last, this study shows that adaptations are required to the current business process of a port call in the Port of Rotterdam in order to enable Just-In-Time arrivals and services. Subject Port call optimizationJust-In-Time arrivals and servicesMSCPort of RotterdamContainer shipping To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03213874-8850-4f85-97a7-29fe895fedc4 Embargo date 2022-09-10 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2020 Maurice Vermeulen Files PDF Masterthesis_MWVERMEULEN_ ... 2_9_10.pdf 9.82 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:03213874-8850-4f85-97a7-29fe895fedc4/datastream/OBJ/view