So even before projects are officially sanctioned, important questions about the cost, time scales, availability of local resources and likely returns must be answered.
Developers need to manage properly the risk if targeted costs and project times are to be achieved. It is this need for expertise, detailed studies and experience that is answered by the container terminals team at Royal Haskoning.
Since designing the UK’s first purpose-built container terminal in 1967 we have become leaders in the field, working in 50 countries on assignments ranging from small scale developments to international mega hub ports.
Our global networks with government departments, port authorities and operators, materials suppliers and contractors in numerous local markets help us contribute to each new international project.
Our risk management approach begins with initial assessments, preliminary feasibility studies and initial cost estimates. These are particularly cost effective ways of establishing whether desired projects are worth pursuing.
When port operators and managers set out to develop container terminal facilities, their chief consideration is obtaining an optimum return on their investment.
