About OptiFlow Port Solutions

Container terminals in Europe have become accustomed to operating with a productivity of around 25 to 30 moves per each ship to shore gantry crane (STS) deployed. The same situation applies in the US, where it has become commonly accepted (or demanded by unions) that productivity should generally not exceed 25 gross moves per hour per STS.

In Japan on the other hand, the port productivity routinely reaches 50 moves per STS crane with nearly the same hardware in the big ocean ports (a mix of rubber-tired gantry cranes, straddle carriers, or automated stacking cranes).

If such a huge productivity leap could be achieved in European ports, the berth capacity and the yard capacity of the terminal could be increased by up to 80% without automation and without buying new handling machinery.

We know that it is possible to achieve such high productivity in ports.  Our co-founder have proven that as COO at Ports of Auckland and at a terminal in the Red Sea  both of these terminals were able to operate with an efficiency of around 46 moves per STS crane. 

Each of our founders has 20 to 30 years of experience working in the ports industry, with the last 15 years working on projects aimed at efficiency improvements and optimisation of container terminals.