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TTS Port Equipment’s

dynamic team brings operational excellence

The global enterprise which specialises in marine and offshore equipment solutions and

services combines its group strength with individual expertise to offer quality products

Written by: Sam Jermy Produced by: Craig Daniels

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T TS Port Equipment has emerged as a valuable business unit within its group having secured a number of lucrative

contracts, including a deal worth in excess of $10 million with the Global Container terminal in New Jersey.

These two main projects have helped the TTS Port Equipment company build up a turnover of around €15 million, despite only being established in 2005 under the worldwide Group’s port and logistics division. Parent company, TTS Group ASA, has more than 1,000 employees across 13 different countries.

Michel Lyrstrand, Senior Vice President of Business Development, said: “We have been concentrating our efforts on two main areas - Europe and USA - and this has proved fruitful.

“It takes time to get established in the container terminal business, it is a very large business and a global one at that too. With a limited number of people you are not able to cover the complete earth.

“But our strategy of focusing on specific geographic areas and major influential companies is working for us.”

The subsidiary based in Gothenburg, Sweden, signed an order to supply material handling equipment which included 10 self-loading trailers called LTH70 translifters, along with 115 cassettes for the new DP World London Gateway Terminal with delivery completed in summer last year.

More recently, a contract was signed so TTS

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Port Equipment can offer container handling equipment to Global Container Terminal, the closest container terminal to the New York and New Jersey harbour entrance.

It has been decided to use the TTS cassette system and translifters for the transportation of goods from the container port to the intermodal terminal. This contract is due for completion in June 2015.

Background and focusHistorically, Gothenburg had a very large shipbuilding industry, which started in the 1950’s, and there are still marine and engineering companies based in the area, including TTS’s own Marine AB division Centre of Excellence.

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“It takes time to get established in the container terminal business, it is a very large business and a global one at that too”– Michel Lyrstrand, Vice President Business Development

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TTS Group ASA is today headquartered in Bergen, Norway, and made up of four separate divisions; Port and Logistics, Marine, Offshore Handling and Service with each having its own business units and companies within those divisions.

Lyrstrand has carried out various roles for the company which he joined 22 years ago, epitomising the long-term ideology TTS has with its staff at all levels.

Explaining the emergence of the company and how it stands in today’s market, he said: “In 1996 we started to identify cargo handling products that would have potential for a new business, and in 2005 we actually started up a new company called TTS Port Equipment.”Roll Cassette

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The company merged together with NavCiv Engineering AB which specialised in linkspans and passenger gangways. So from the beginning, there has been two specific but different business areas; cargo handling equipment onshore and then linkspans and passenger gangways.

Linkspan is the short connection between the vessel and the terminal. These are especially used in the UK as the regular high tides mean this equipment is often needed to act as a bridge to ensure a smooth transition onto the vessel. The Linkspan at Harwich International and many other ports in Europe and beyond has been supplied by TTS.

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equipment for roll-on, roll-off terminals (RoRo) as well as industry applications. It now uses manual and automated technology in container and RoRo terminals.

Employees nurtured The company has an internal development programme for all employees and an executive programme for TTS mangers, as well as yearly appraisals and a clear career progression plan.

Management encourage the employee to take courses and develop in different fields.

“We use the design office as a school, then we pick the young employees from there if they have a special talent, whether that be installation management, project management or even sales,” said Lyrstrand.

Key Personnel Michel LyrstrandVice President Business Development

Björn AsplindVice President Sales and Marketing

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“TTS is an attractive, global player in the industry and young engineers like this. We find it easy to source good engineers. If you do not like travelling, a career within TTS Group is not for you.”– Michel Lyrstrand

TTS also gives opportunities for employees to work between the companies in various different countries. All production is made abroad, so engineers will often have the opportunity to travel.

Lyrstrand added: “TTS is an attractive, global player in the industry and young engineers like this. We find it easy to source good engineers. If you do not like travelling, a career within TTS Group is not for you.”

Closer IntegrationIn February, the TTS Port Equipment and the Logistics division were merged together with the Marine division for a closer professional partnership. TTS Port Equipment is still a separate company but the two are working together with the original Gothenburg marine business unit for greater synergy.

Lyrstrand explained: “What has happened is Port Equipment will be concentrating on passenger gangways and linkspan products, while TTS Liftec in Finland will be concentrating on all land-based cargo handling equipment.”

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The four main port operators DP World, APMT, Hutching and Port of Singapore all have a strong client relationship with TTS Port Equipment, as they equate to around 60 percent of the world’s port terminals and are well connected to ship owners such as Maersk.

The firm has been focusing on two different products; manual systems based on trailer cassettes and an automated system with Automated Vehicle Guides.

Lyrstrand said: “London Gateway is a project more or less owned by DP World, they looked into our technology and are using our manual trailers; the terminal tractor used to transport containers.

“We’ve worked very closely with Terberg DTS which is supplying the terminal tractors. TTS Finland supplied the cassette trailers together

“What has happened is Port Equipment will be concentrating on passenger gangways and linkspan products, while TTS Liftec in Finland will be concentrating on all land-based cargo handling equipment”

– Michel Lyrstrand

DP World and Hutching have a strong client relationship

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with TTS Port Equipment which has designed them. It’s a culmination of two TTS companies working together.”

Most of the manufacturing is done in China, but is also carried out in other countries such as Poland and Croatia, with some production like assembly work coming from Finland.

The firm has 15 years of experience in China, and today has three companies working together in joint ventures within the Asian country. For the future, new geographical market areas will play an increasingly important role for the company.

There is also a quality control centre in Shanghai, further highlighting how TTS Port Equipment can utilise its Group’s strength, but at the same time enjoy individual expertise.

Company Information

I N D U S T RY

Marine and Offshore

H E A D Q U A RT E R S

Bergen, Norway

F O U N D E D

1966

E M P L O Y E E S

Not disclosed

R E V E N U E

Not disclosed

P R O D U C T S /

S E R V I C E S

Marine and offshore

equipment, linkspans,

passenger gangways

TTS PORT EQUIPMENT Folke Bernadottes vei 38

Fyllingsdalen, Bergen, Norway.

Tel. +47 55 94 74 00 www.ttsgroup.com