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HPC supports the successful use of funding programmes

There are numerous national and international funding programs in the field of logistics that support the development of IT innovations, environmentally friendly transport solutions or even new energy management systems.

For many logistics companies and transport infrastructure operators, access to the various funding programs is very time-consuming when they deal with them for the first time. The application procedure itself, but also subsequent project administration will be a challenging task for any potential applicant so that some good project idea may not be realized in the end.

What Constrains Southern African Countries from Further Improving their Supply Chain Performance?

Our colleague, Dr Stephan Hofmann addresses this question in Issue 1 (2019) of the Journal for Mobility and Transport of DVWG - German Transport Science Society (see page 29, available in German only). You may also have a look into his complete thesis (in English) dealing with the same topic in more detail.

The majority of southern African countries are well below their supply chain potential. At the same time, the general population's economic development is low in many countries.

HPC successfully completed yard optimisation and simulation study for Chilean Puerto Central

With the presentation of the most promising simulation results to PCE by HPC's Head of Simulation, Dr. Nils Kemme and Terminal Optimisation Specialist, Pascal Brockmann, we completed our yard optimization and simulation study to the full satisfaction of Puerto Central.

HPC supported Antwerp Euroterminal launch new terminal operations system (TOS)

AET Antwerp Euroterminal, part of Grimaldi group and one of the largest multi-purpose and RoRo terminals in the world, successfully launched operation with a new terminal operation system (TOS) in January 2019.

HPC continues work on deepwater port project in Algeria

Following our first project engagement last year, Entreprise Portuaire de Cherchell (EPC) has now mandated HPC to assist them with more challenging project tasks.