Halterm
Problem Statement The problem Halterm faces, at present, is the development of its current infrastructure in order to compete adequately against future competitors entering the shipping container market. In particular, first, Halterm needs to find ways for how to take advantage of its deeper harbour entrance waters in Halifax, for new larger post-Panamax ships and containers. ... Background Halterm began its operations around 1969 as a joint venture owned by Clarke Transport Canada Inc. ... Halterm’s first terminal manager, Brian Doherty, was appointed by Clarke to open a new container facility. At that time, Halterm got into collaboration with Dart which wanted to open a container service in North Atlantic “with a Canadian call” (p. ... By 1972, the case study reports that Halterm was in full operation with two ship-to-shore gantry cranes, two ship berths and the required support equipment. By the late 1970s Halterm faced difficulties with OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Limited) moving its terminal Dart to Montreal and thus, breaching the promised made with Halterm for remaining in Halifax. After Halterm managed to convince OOCL to relocate their Pacific services to Halifax in return of dropping the lawsuit Halterm was putting against OOCL, it managed to recover and undergo two significant changes. First, Halterm expanded its capacity to handle larger number of future volumes, ship containers. ... Halterm’s location in Halifax has been an important advantage to attracting customers because of the availability of is ship lines towards North America and the Southeast Asia countries. At present, Halterm is regarded as Atlantic Canada’s largest container terminal operator, specializing in full terminal services of the global shipping industry.