Lauga & Associates are port planning and marine consultants. Our work is port planning, computer simulation, waterways management and management consulting to marine sector public and private agencies.We plan marine terminals, assess waterways development projects, develop port master plans, prepare port marketing strategies, optimize port operations and determine the operational and financial feasibility of new port and marine investments.We prepare baseline studies that our clients use to make decisions about investments and operations.We use computer simulation to test the efficiency of port plans and operational plans.
Established in 1983, Lauga & Associates Consulting Ltd. is an independent privately held consulting firm.
More than 100 port planning and marine projects have been completed. Project locations have included: Canada, Vietnam, China, India, Pakistan, Jordan, Iraq, the Sudan, Brazil, the Netherlands, Ireland, U.S.A., Southern Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the Caribbean. We apply the following methodologies:
Operational Analysis - The firm has experience with developing port industrial lands, equipment costing, industrial warehouse location and layout analysis. Operations for containers, bulk materials, forest products and general cargoes have been assessed.
Operations Research - Using techniques such as computer simulation, operations research methodologies have been applied to: terminal operations optimization, materials handling systems analysis, ship logistics, river transport systems, cargo wharves and their supporting cargo storage areas and warehouses and linking truck and rail systems, vessel traffic management and the design of aids to navigation systems.
Project Management - Services in project management include: developing terms of reference and detailed work specification documents, creating work breakdown structures, project plans of operations, project evaluation, project mission reports, project progress reports, management of project consultants, project budgeting and scheduling.
Economic and Financial Analysis - Services include: cost benefit studies, economic risk analysis, financial analysis, market studies, multi-modal and system optimization of transport networks, and defining development concepts and economic strategies.
Management Consulting - This work has included: developing business plans, development master plans, marketing opportunity studies, new enterprise financial projections and conducting management seminars.
4716 Meadfield Pl.