Mercator International | Port Authorities

Port Authorities

Are you positioned to attract new business, retain existing clients and enhance your profitability? Mercator can help you develop new ways of understanding the current and future needs of existing clients as well as those you wish to attract. We will help you develop the strategic and tactical differentiators you’ll need in order to grow your business.


	Port Authorities Are you positioned to attract new business, retain existing clients and enhance your profitability? Mercator can help you develop new ways of understanding the current and future needs of existing clients as well as those you wish to attract. We will help you develop the strategic and tactical differentiators you’ll need in order to grow your business.

Our partners and senior associates have worked directly for: Ocean carriers Port authoriities Terminal operators Railroads Intermodal marketing companies Capital investment firms Freight forwarders Airlines Importers and exporters Management consulting firms To learn more about our professional backgrounds, please visit our team page.		Mercator can provide you with the competitive data to see how your in pricing, service, infrastructure and inland connectivity compare versus alternative gateways. We’ll research your customers’ business needs to enable you to fine-tune your service offerings to meet their growing demands. The information we provide can guide you through changes that will affect your business. We understand carrier fleet development and the impact vessel deployments have on infrastructure requirements. We will keep you ahead of the curve regarding the dynamic developments in world trade and supply chain management. Our combined experience brings you the perspectives of your customers, competitors and service partners that can enhance your profitability: railroads, terminal operators, shipping lines, labor, equipment leasing companies and financial institutions. Mercator will give you the data and strategic insight you’ll need to effectively manage your capital investments and customer relations. We will help you develop a strategy to optimize the relationships with your transportation partners. Services Strategic plans Short and long term strategic and business planning Infrastructure requirements and resultant project identification New market development strategies and service planning Identification of threats and opportunities Business asset valuations Feasibility studies Commercial due diligence Leasehold valuations Capital investment analysis and financial planning Financial projections, cash flow, modeling Economic analysis Expansion and development projects Valuations and due diligence Privatization alternatives, bid structures and proceedures Market research Market share analyses Terminal capacity analysis Customer capacity projections, infrastructure requirements Projected macro-economic and micro-economic trends Competitive intelligence Asset optimization and productivity engineering Comparative assessments / benchmarking Cost data and analysis Port facility planning Productivity improvement studies Infrastructure improvements Marketing and pricing strategies Comparative assessments / benchmarking Route modeling, inland service options and costs Forecasting Trade growth analysis Cargo volume forecasting Privatization Development of strategies Quantification of enterprise value Bid structures and procedures Implementation and management of the RFP process Additional services Interim executive placements Senior management recruiting Automation and technology analysis Developing systems requirements Education and training Litigation support Expert witness