Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT), the container terminal in Iraq of port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), has upgraded its terminal operating system to Navis Sparcs N4.
The upgrade from an in-house operating system to N4 will help BGT achieve key operational goals by enhancing customer experience, increasing terminal productivity by managing resources more efficiently, and improving employee safety, said ICTSI in a statement.
“This is an important milestone in BGT’s rapid growth as it ensures optimization and improvement of the overall effectiveness to support future growth. It also underscores BGT’s commitment to a global gold standard terminal operating system for their customers,” the port operator added.
“With the goal of expanding our throughput capacity with the new container berth coming operational in Q3 this year, combined with our rapid growth in the first two years of operation, we looked for best-in-class technologies that will enable us maintain our high quality service. Navis offered the best solution in the market as illustrated by its wide use globally,” BGT chief executive officer Phillip Marsham said.
He added that migrating to Navis—an industry standard terminal operating system used by more than 197 terminals worldwide—“is an innovative, forward-thinking step for the terminal.”
“It will help ensure that Basra Gateway Terminal can continue to keep improving on our customer service commitments, and empower further enhancement of service delivery, reinforcing our position as a key terminal operator in the Iraqi market,” Marsham noted.
N4 was implemented on site using the internal resources of ICTSI in Europe and Middle East, the port operator noted.
BGT holds a 10-year concession contract to rehabilitate, manage, and operate Berth 20, and a 26-year contract to build, manage, and operate the new container terminal at the Port of Umm Qasr.
Once fully built, the new container terminal will have a 600-meter berth and an annual capacity of 900,000 twenty-foot equivalent units.
