Bremerhaven upgrades terminal system to boost production

Navis, a part of Cargotec, announced that North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH & Co. (NTB) has successfully upgraded from Navis Express to the N4 terminal system, aiming to enhance productivity.

Marc Dieterich, General Manager Operations, North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH & Co., noted that this was a necessary investment for NTB to deliver on evolving market needs in the coming decades.

Located in Bremerhaven, Germany and offering complete intermodal connections to 130 ports worldwide, NTB is one of Northern Europe’s busiest and most important container terminals, handling 3.2 million TEUs annually via continuous 24/7 operations. 

Beginning in November 2015, the 15-person NTB project team worked jointly with Navis to migrate the SPARCS 3.7 and Express 2.9 systems to N4 piece-by-piece, focusing on the core system first, followed by the surrounding applications and systems, as well as thorough testing throughout each phase to ensure the system would perform optimally during the go-live. The performance of NTB’s collective project team and the collaboration with Navis lead in a smooth transition to N4.

“The level of preparedness and attention-to-detail demonstrated by the NTB project team was incredible, and contributed to our collective ability to complete the migration successfully, maintain existing productivity levels, and hit the essential May 1st cut-over date for the new system,” said Guenter Schmidmeir, Vice President & General Manager, EMEA, Navis.