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ports across the hPh network in the coming years.
ngen controls the entire scope of port operations including
ship and yard planning, gate operations, vessel operations
and interactions, yard configuration and performance, overall
operations monitoring, equipment utilisation, productivity, and
cost optimisation. The numbers speak for themselves, as ngen
was so successful in streamlining these operations that hit
recorded a 28.5 per cent throughput increase three years after
its implementation.
hit exemplifies, par excellence, the operational efficiencies
that can be achieved with a high-tech, highly-automated
container terminal over a more conventional container terminal.
ngen was designed, in part, to meet the unique challenges posed
by the land constraints in hong Kong.
hit and cosco-hit – a joint venture that became
operational in 1994 – have a combined berth length of 5,380
metres and a combined yard space of 141 hectares. even
spanning such a large yard space, the ports are still able to move
a staggering 27,000 containers in a single day, reflecting the
ability to handle nearly 10 million containers a year, which can
Award-winning Next Generation
Terminal Management System (nGen)
of all the innovations that hPh has pioneered through the
decades of growth – including back office automation such
as an eProcurement system and an efinance system, and
environmental protection initiatives – its proprietary terminal
operating system, ngen, stands at the core of its commitment
to endless innovation and developing and deploying state-of-
the-art logistics technology.
unlike other commercially available management
systems, ngen was initially developed by hPh in-house
for yantian international container terminals in mainland
china and hongkong international terminals (hit) in
hong Kong. following the resultant productivity gains’
success, the system has been rolled-out to other ports in the
group including Barcelona europe south terminal (Best) in
spain, tanzania international container terminal services
in tanzania, Jakarta international container terminal in
indonesia, and oman international container terminal
in oman. it is scheduled to be gradually deployed to other