Mercator International | Terminal Operators

Terminal Operators

How does your productivity and customer service measure up to the rest of the industry? Are you positioned to handle growth? Do you need to make capital investments to support future market trends? Mercator will help you develop the strategic and tactical differentiators you’ll need in order to attract and keep the best customers.


	Terminal Operators How does your productivity and customer service measure up to the rest of the industry? Are you positioned to handle growth? Do you need to make capital investments to support future market trends? Mercator will help you develop the strategic and tactical differentiators you’ll need in order to attract and keep the best customers.

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 help you assess your current market situation as well as project market trends for one, three, five and ten years or more, so that you can develop a strategic plan to determine the most efficient route to sustain growth. We can present your services in a way that allows you to speak to your customers’ needs and provide them the reasons to keep business coming your way. Mercator’s market intelligence and economic data will give you the edge you need to competitively price your services, optimize efficiency and determine what if any capital investments might be needed to support your goals. Our combined experience brings you the perspectives of your customers, competitors and service partners that can enhance your profitability: railroads, port authorities, 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 strategic development plans, capital investments and customer relations. We will help you create 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 entry strategies and service planning Identification of corporate 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 optimization of existing facilities New facility development Valuations and due diligence Market research Market share analyses Capacity projections Projected macro-economic and micro-economic trends Competitive intelligence Cargo growth and routing trends Supply chain management evolution Asset optimization and productivity engineering Benchmarking Cost data and analysis Port facility planning Organizational analysis Productivity improvement plans and implementation Infrastucture optimization and development Marketing and pricing strategies Comparative assessments Route modeling, inland service options and costs Target customer development Forecasting Trade analysis Cargo volume forecasting Supply chain evolution Cargo routing trends Carrier fleet development and deployment analysis Privatization Development of strategies Quantification of enterprise value Structure creative, competitive RFP responses Additional services Interim executive placements Senior management recruiting Development of systems requirements Education and training Automation and technological competitiveness Litigation support Expert witnessFeasibility studies Commercial due diligence Leasehold valuations