Navis announced that Terminal Puerto Arica (TPA) has gone live with the N4 terminal operating system to better manage the rise in cargo handling volume, which has more than tripled. N4 is a customizable and scalable Terminal Operating System (TOS).
TPA is located on the Port of Arica, which has the largest infrastructure in the region, welcoming ships from Chile, Bolivia and South of Peru. Since 2004, TPA has tripled its cargo handling, to a total of 3.1 million tonnes in 2018.
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This challenged TPA regarding the free storage offered to Bolivian imported cargo for up to 365 days and 60 days for exported cargo. This led to high dwell times for cargo, high levels of extra movements and a high level of yard occupation, which reached maximums of 85% in some periods of 2018.
This increase made TPA replace its in-house operating system with a new TOS to meet the needs of the multi-purpose port. The decision to implement N4 was made in 2016 and went live September 1, 2018. After a successful go-live the terminal will depend on N4 to meet its goals of increasing vessel productivity from 18 to 22 moves per hour, its productivity of the yard equipment by 20% and reducing extra moves in the yard by 40%.
Dante Battaglia, Operation Assistant Manager and Head project N4 implementation, TPA, stated:
We underwent profound changes in the organizational structure of our company, integrating all systems around N4 to completely manage all types of port operations and we’re confident that we will see a substantial ROI as our operations become safer, faster and more efficient
