Logistics

Lauga & Associates Consulting Ltd. - Port Planning and Marine Consultants

Logistics

Logistics planning has included: materials handling, warehousing, multi-modal transfers and transport carrier logistics analysis.

Example - Warehousing, Container Flats and Materials Handling Plan, Boyer, Australia

The client, Australian Newsprint Mills Pty Ltd., needed a warehousing and materials handling plan for their mill at Boyer, Tasmania. Shrink wrapped container flats carried paper out by unit train to RORO ships for transfer to the Australian mainland. A mill materials handling system, warehouse, materials handling plan for mill inputs, and rail logistics system were proposed.

Example - A water transport system by tanker from British Columbia to California

The client, the province of British Columbia, required a plan for transporting water by tanker from British Columbia to California.

Example - A damage free warehousing and distribution plan for paper, Mt. Manganui, New Zealand

The client, Tasman Pulp and Paper Pty. Ltd., required a damage free warehousing and distribution system for paper from their mill and port in New Zealand to receiving ports in Australia and south east Asia.

Example - A distribution system for light weight coated paper from Alberta to N. America and overseas

The client, Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd., (DMI) required a distribution system for its proposed paper mill output. Options for transport by truck, rail and ship and for distribution warehouses were considered. Prototype inland and tide-water distribution warehouses were designed.

Example - Coastwise Market Study, West Coast, North America

The client, the Vancouver Port Authority, required a study of the market potential for capture of coastwise traffic on the west coast of North America. An analysis of coastal logistics led to market capture recommendations.

Example - Log sort and transport plan, Southern Vancouver Island

The client, Fletcher Challenge Canada, required a plan to rationalize its log sorts, highway and off highway trucks, and log towing. Options for stump to dump logistics were assessed and costed.

Example - Petrochemical terminal assessment for Kitimat

Methanex Corporation required an assessment of the competitive position of its petrochemical terminal in Kitimat. Lauga & Associates provided a transportation cost analysis model and reported on strategic considerations with respect to competitive terminals.