The challenges and difficulties of maritime port logistics that companies face are significant and sometimes complex. They require special attention and a meticulous approach to overcome and turn them into opportunities for companies in the sector.
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Challenges and Difficulties of Maritime Port Logistics.
At VALL, we manufacture metal-textile detachable prefabricated warehouses and have a significant presence in port terminals. We are well aware of what a detachable industrial warehouse in a port can become.
We help companies successfully face the challenges and difficulties of their sector and take advantage of and enjoy the benefits of setting up their logistics center in a port with the rapid installation and operational deployment of modular logistics warehouses.
Intermodality.
Intermodality is one of the major challenges of maritime port logistics. Intermodal freight transport and its implementation are very different in each country. In Spain, for example, more than 30% of the goods transported by port arrived by rail, and in the ports of Genoa, it is growing while in the Netherlands, it decreased by 10% in 2023.
In the EU, solid foundations are being laid, and funding for intermodal infrastructure projects is an important aid. Additionally, governments are implementing measures to facilitate it, but much remains to be done.
The combination of maritime port logistics facilities with logistics centers in inland dry ports near railway loading stations is an opportunity to improve intermodality, speeding up and reducing the cost of transporting goods to and from port terminals.
The aluminum or steel detachable warehouses with rapid operational deployment help accelerate their implementation.
Sustainability and Carbon Footprint Reduction in Maritime Logistics.
The sustainability values of the public and increasingly demanding environmental regulations of countries require accelerating the transition to green energies, becoming one of the challenges and difficulties of maritime port logistics today and for the coming years.
Companies are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. In compensation programs and actions to reduce the overall CO2 emissions of companies, every action counts. Reducing your company’s carbon footprint with the help of detachable warehouses is an opportunity within your reach.
Maxispace, the most solid and sustainable detachable warehouse on the market, helps in this regard. It is large, even in height, and designed, manufactured, and assembled to withstand heavy loads.
Availability of Logistics Space in New Port Locations.
The rapid availability of logistics space in port terminals is an imperative need of the maritime port logistics sector. Creating new routes to solve geopolitical problems and conflicts, to reduce CO2 emissions of companies, and to open routes between new markets makes it necessary to have suitable facilities for maritime port logistics in new terminals.
Additionally, moving to ports outside the hot spots of current geopolitics and the need for new ports that are more efficient and/or cheaper to avoid congestion without straying from the most attractive routes requires adequate space in them for maritime port logistics.
The detachable port terminal warehouses with rapid installation and operational deployment are essential to overcome these challenges.
Automation and Adaptation to Cutting-Edge Technologies in Maritime Port Logistics.
The digitalization and automation are two of the challenges of maritime port logistics for the next decade. Emerging technologies such as AI, electric mobility, or blockchain are already a reality.
To facilitate the implementation of these technologies in logistics warehouses at port terminals, they need to be open-plan, allow maximum space optimization, and facilitate the installation of automation solutions.
The Maxispace steel detachable warehouses are open-plan and large, even in height, facilitating space optimization and the installation of automation solutions.
Inflation and Container Shortage.
The inflation is another major challenge facing the sector. Rising fuel prices, terminal costs, and tax burdens are significant. Added to this is the container shortage, which is a challenge in itself and also represents an increase in costs to acquire them.
To avoid losses or pass these price increases onto the customer and lose competitiveness, it is necessary to adopt ingenious and intelligent saving measures wherever possible.
The creation of more efficient routes requires investment in new logistics facilities at the new chosen departure or destination ports. To reduce costs and accelerate return on investment, the possibility of choosing prefabricated logistics warehouses for rent or purchase is very interesting.
Increase in International E-Commerce: A Challenge and an Opportunity for Maritime Port Logistics.
As in the previous point, having logistics space in new port terminals is the solution to take advantage of the challenge and opportunity of increasing international e-commerce and the need to connect new markets without resorting to the most saturated ports, but without straying from the most efficient routes.
At VALL, we install logistics spaces in the shortest time, for their rapid operational deployment. When there is no time to lose, at VALL, we are the answer you need.
Contact us and learn firsthand from one of our sales representatives what solutions we have to help your company.
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