Investing in Modern, High-Productivity Loading and Unloading Equipment

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Hai Phong port's demand, or can also apply software that ports around the world have successfully applied such as Hong Kong port, Singapore port...

- Coordinate with State management agencies to issue electronic declaration forms and legalize electronic declarations.

- Provide additional training on IT skills for officers and employees of specialized agencies at the port to avoid errors during system operation.

To make the computerization of administrative procedures a reality, there is still a lot to do, it takes a lot of time and effort. However, once this process is implemented, it will certainly improve the quality of port services.

1.2 Determine long-term development direction

Hai Phong Port is a port built to receive both general cargo and container cargo. Therefore, it is necessary to plan Hai Phong Port into a modern general port. The problem is to determine the most convenient and suitable location to divide the port into specialized loading and unloading areas. Currently, container ships are usually large tonnage ships, so the channel into the port must be deep enough for the ship to enter and load cargo. Currently, the problem of silting up the channels in Hai Phong is a headache, causing large ships to have to go through a step of reducing their load before they can dock. This causes a lot of trouble for the ships. Therefore, the port should have a suitable plan for old ports and have reasonable calculations for future port projects. And the important thing is to have a long-term strategic vision for the port.

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Port planning work, calculating all possible scenarios to ensure the most stable and convenient port operations.

In addition to planning the port in the right direction, identifying strategic service sectors is also very important. Singapore has been very successful in developing their strategic service, which is international container transshipment services. Identifying strategic service sectors will help focus investment and ensure that the quality of that service will be better. Cargo handling and delivery is a traditional service sector that brings the main revenue to Hai Phong port. However, in recent years, the volume of goods passing through the port has only been at 10.5 million tons/year. Is cargo handling and delivery a strategic service sector? The leadership of Hai Phong port needs to consider carefully to be able to propose a strategic service sector, helping to change the face of the port based on analysis and comments from domestic and foreign experts, and on the basis of the actual development trend of seaport services in the world.

2. Micro solutions

2.1 Technical solutions

2.1.1 Synchronous investment in modern, high-productivity loading and unloading equipment

The loading and unloading productivity of seaports depends largely on loading and unloading equipment.

However, purchasing unloading equipment in a scattered and unsynchronized manner will cause waste and low efficiency. Therefore, it is necessary to invest in unloading equipment in the following direction:

- For container ports: need to focus on specialized equipment

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high productivity such as mobile cranes at the wharf to load and unload containers from ships to the port. These cranes have high productivity but are quite expensive. In addition, it is necessary to equip the transportation equipment from the port to the yard and the equipment in the yard in a synchronized manner to create high productivity, fast loading and unloading of goods.

- For bulk cargo ports, the equipment for loading and unloading ships onto the wharf (or side loading) are suction pipes and conveyor belts. At the same time, the synchronous equipment for the yard - warehouse area is packaging equipment or specialized vehicles (ships, boats if side loading). These equipment need to be invested synchronously to exploit the maximum capacity. If only using equipment such as grab buckets, it is impossible to have high productivity.

2.1.2 Modernizing information systems for port management and exploitation

In addition to investing in synchronous equipment for loading and unloading, an equally important task is to modernize the information system to serve port management and exploitation. Modernizing the information system is reflected in the following points:

- Equip an internal telephone system to serve the needs of production and business operations, reducing dependence on the national telephone network. With a large port scale like Hai Phong, equipping an internal telephone system is very necessary, ensuring continuous communication 24/7, promptly sending and transmitting information to quickly resolve unexpected situations without having to depend on the national telephone network, which often has congestion and line problems.

- Equip a camera system to control the entire port area. Equipping a camera system helps to control security and order well.

in the port, promptly intervene in unfortunate incidents. In addition, installing this system also helps managers observe the working attitude and service attitude of employees towards customers, saving labor.

- Equip VHF communication system and register to use frequency to maintain contact with ships on the way to port, guide and agree with the captain on the time to start cargo handling as well as information to serve the preparation of labor, means and equipment for loading and unloading goods.

- Equip a computer system for management. Equip a good computer system with high configuration, and pay attention to management software. Currently, ports around the world have many application software programs such as container management software, software for arranging and managing goods in warehouses, software for calculating freight rates, financial management software, software for building production plans, software for monitoring and managing equipment maintenance and repair processes, etc. Ports need to access effective software.

to make the management process easy and effective, helping the management, exploitation and use of the port to bring the highest efficiency.

2.1.3 Expanding and building new warehouses and yards

In the future, the volume of goods passing through the port will increase. Therefore, the demand for wharves also poses a problem for the port to build new and expand warehouses. This is also a way to increase service quality in the future when the system of wharves and warehouses is old, no longer suitable for storing goods or the yard and warehouse are not large enough to hold all the goods passing through the port, causing congestion and traffic congestion in the port area. The construction of warehouses and wharves needs to take into account

scale for many years to come, instead of building warehouses, wharves, and small yards to meet temporary needs. It is also necessary to consider building cold storage to store goods that require cold storage. At the same time, the construction and expansion of warehouses also need to be designed so that the loading and unloading of goods is quick and easy, saving time and effort, and creating prestige with customers.

2.1.4 Dredging rivers to ensure safety for ships entering and exiting and to be able to accommodate large tonnage ships

The problem that is giving the port and city leaders a headache is the problem of silting up the channels into Hai Phong port. This silting reduces the depth of the channel into the port and makes it impossible for large ships to enter and exit to load and unload cargo. The port needs to coordinate with specialized agencies and research institutes to find out the cause of this silting and to find the most effective method. The current dredging is only a temporary solution to ensure security for ships entering the port to load and unload cargo because the cost of this dredging is very high and the effectiveness is not long-term. In the future, the port needs to speed up the progress of the Dinh Vu deep-water port project to be able to receive large ships, creating a competitive advantage for the port's services, and at the same time following the world trend.

2.2 Human solutions

The human factor is one of the most important factors in business. It determines the success or failure of a business. Therefore, the use of labor must follow scientific methods to achieve the highest efficiency.

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