Specialist Advisory Services
Shipping feasibility studies
Assessment of new shipping systems, including ice covered waters- Determine capacity constraints (ship size)
- Determine terminal constraints
- Conduct route analysis/transit study (vital for ice covered waters)
- Review and brief the client on applicable government regulations and their impact
- Determine ship design, given constraints and operational considerations
- Establish detailed operational, voyage and capital costs
- Construct a financial model from a shipowner's perspective
- Carry out optimisation using operational research tools
Peformancing systems
Design and implementation of systems to improve operational performance of shipping systems- Analysis of operations
- Identification of problem areas
- Selection of measures
- Implementation of system
- Confirmation of effectiveness via feedback loops
- Monitoring
Risk analysis and control
Application of risk analysis techniques to shipping scenarios, to quantify risk and establish risk mitigation measures, if required- Preliminary Analysis
- Route definition
- Risk estimation
- Risk evaluation
- Risk control
Preparation of RFP/RFQ
Preparation of Requests for Proposals or Request for Quotations for new shipping services- Define the system or trade that is to be bid
- Establish criteria to be used in the measurement of responses
- Define weightings for criteria according to customer's priorities
- Establish prequalification criteria
- Write and issue prequalification announcement
- Receipt and processing of prequalification bids
- Write RFP/RFQ
- Issue RFP/RFQ to prequalified tenderers
- Evaluation of tender responses
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