Employee Relations, Public Affairs & Communication.
DIRECTION AND COORDINATION: Eduardo Sánchez.
WRITING AND DESIGN: Araceli Muñoz.
CONTENTS:
Ana Duarte, Alberto Rodríguez, José Miguel Carreño, Isabel Rodríguez, Crisanto Domínguez, Joaquín Sánchez, Enrique Manso, Zsanett Balla.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Javier Jaén, Emilio Morillo, Luis García, David García, José Marín, José Antonio Badillo, Michael Hoepner.
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OUR
EVENTS
From the last edition of Global Safety Day, to Go Green or the Logistics Festival.
OUT OF CONTEXT
Our Shift Manager Javier Jaén is a climber, did you know that?
ASSET MAINTENANCE
We are involved in the maintenance work of one of the STS, with the coordination of 15 companies for two months.
LIFE AFTER APM TERMINALS
Luis García talks about his life away from ‘the house’.
OUR JOB Momentos shares David García’s experience of dayto-day work at Lean - Way of Working.
TELEVISIÓN
We tell the story of a day’s filming with the crew of DMAX, which is broadcasting Control de Puertos.
OUR TEAM
IT colleagues José Marín and José Antonio Badillo, from IT, answer the quiz in the Veterans vs New Talents section.
A VIRTUAL COFFEE WITH... Michael Hoepner, West-Med CFO. 12 14 16 23
‘Astrid Maersk’ maiden call
APM Terminals Algeciras received on 23 October the first call of the Astrid Maersk, of the generation with dual engines capable of running on green methanol. During her call, the president of the Port Authority Bay of Algeciras, Gerardo Landaluce, presented a metope to the captain, Danut Stefan. On behalf of the terminal, the metope was presented by Sophia Linares, Operations Execution Manager, together with Eduardo Sánchez, Labour Relations & Communication Manager, and Javier Jaén, Shift Manager.
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A new era
The publication of a new issue of Momentos, our internal communications magazine, is always an opportunity to address you. For the editorial of this seventh edition, I would like to start by mentioning that these are very emotional weeks for all of us: we dedicate many hours of our lives to work, and since this summer we are saying goodbye to many of our colleagues with whom we have been living together for years at the terminal. Thank you all. At the same time, new incorporations are arriving, and I believe that, together with the experience of those who are still with us and who have made this terminal what it is today, they will help us to face the challenges that lie ahead in a different way.
You already know that one of them, if not the main one ahead of us, is called Gemini. At APM Terminals Algeciras we are called to play a key role in the Network of the Future, and for this we must stop working in a reactive way. The new cooperation with Hapag-Lloyd requires us to be more than 95% reliable, and therefore we must work in a more planned and reliable way, relying on standardisation as a basis for improving our processes, and on having the right information and data to enable us to make the right decisions. With the Gemini partnership we have a new reality ahead of us. What has worked so far to play
Zsanett Balla Chief Operating Officer
an essential role in the maritime traffic business will not be enough, and we must face it with drive, with the standardisation tools we have, with safety, with technology, with the changes we are going through - thanks again, Juanma; and welcome, Sophia -, and always with our hearts and brains in the game.
With all this in mind, I like to hear from all of you, to know what occupies you, what worries you and what you think about our organisation. That’s why I always encourage you to participate in the Employee Engagement Survey. It really is a very valuable tool to further improve our working environment, our relationship with colleagues and, in general, the well-being of all of us. So thank you to those of you who continue to respond to the survey.
Finally, in view of the dates when this magazine will reach your hands, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you and wish you a Merry Christmas and a very happy holiday season for you and your families. I am sure that 2025 will be the year in which Algeciras will shine in the Network of the Future, and I hope so.
Best regards. Zsanett.
Promoting curiosity and continuous learning on safety and security
We celebrate a new edition of Global Safety Day, under the slogan ‘Be curious because we care’.
At APM Terminals Algeciras this year we have focused our participation in the Global Safety Day on experiments and challenges. An initiative that has been held under the slogan Be curious because we care, with a programme that has encouraged interaction with demonstrations on the consequences of the use of helmets in the event of falling objects, among other activities aimed at further improving safety.
A moment from Julio de la Iglesia’s talk, from the workshop on the use of defibrillators and on safety footwear.
During the event, which was attended by Birna Osk, Chief Commercial Officer of APM Terminals, innovation and commitment to prevention were also recognised with the Safety Awards.
‘Risks are a reality in our industry. We must be curious to ask questions, identify what helps or hinders the daily work, be interested, know, keep learning and adopt a culture that welcomes learning and continuous improvement,’
We participate in experiments, workshops and demonstrations during the
day
said Zsanett Balla, Chief Operating Officer, who made a special mention for APM Terminals Spanish Gateways that, due to issues arising from the October floods in Valencia, have not yet been able to celebrate the Global Safety Day. During the morning, in addition to very graphic experiments on the consequences of the impact of falling objects, APM Terminals staff and contractors participated in workshops on the use of defibrillators, and safety footwear identification tests, among other challenges. The day also featured an inspiring conference by Julio de la Iglesia, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (TEDAX), who addressed fear as a motivational
lever to lead at work, and how to face it, both physically and psychologically, in order to do it safely.
The winners of the Safety Awards were the shift managers of Maintenance and Operations, for their leadership; Ideltec, as the safest contractor; Francisco Gallardo, in the innovation category; Mario Toscano, an employee of Kalmar, in the preventive culture section; Inés Ramos, of Coinse, for her commitment to prevention, and the drivers of the terminal’s internal bus, for always prioritising safety in the performance of their work. This year a special mention has been made to Alberto Rodríguez, HSSE director of APM Terminals Algeciras, for a lifetime dedicated to the improvement of prevention, for his interest in improving the safety conditions of all the activities that take place in the terminal, and of all the groups that work there on a daily basis.
One of the most attractive demonstrations was about falling objects. These photos also show the presentation of the Safety Award to Alberto Rodriguez and the shift managers of Maintenance.
You have all the photos of the Global Safety Day in this QR.
Sowing the seeds of sustainability in schoolchildren
Nothing goes to waste’ was the motto of Go Green 2024
The day had a full agenda that included awareness-raising activities for schoolchildren from the Parque del Estrecho school. During the institutional event, Jurgi Areizaga, director of the Port Authority’s Green Office, presented outstanding projects of the Green Strategy, and Jesús Martínez Linares gave a talk in which he invited the attendees to ‘put the world in their hands’ to act locally for the Great Alliance for the Planet.
Thanks so much, Juanma!
We joined Juan Manuel Cádiz in his farewe ll, after more than 38 years of dedication
Moments of the lunch of our terminal team at Saladillo marina.
A look back at other moments together
We met 80 colleagues on the occasion of the Logistics Festival, which we held in June at Saladillo marina
COut of context
Javier Jaén
limbing enthusiasts who live in the Campo de Gibraltar are lucky to have two hours drive away good places to practice. This is the case of Javier Jaén, Shift Manager of APM Terminals Algeciras, who last year made a few extra kilometres to do a spectacular ice climbing in Norway. For this reason, he deserves his space in the Out of Context section of the seventh edition of Momentos.
Javier took up climbing during his first year of Erasmus in Cyprus with a friend who introduced him to the world of classic climbing. But he doesn’t only do classical climbing, he likes practically all sporting activities related to the natural environment, from canyoning, sport climbing to psicobloc, which is a variant of sport climbing that is done on cliffs, over water and without a rope. ‘Climbing is more than a sport for me,’ says Javier. ‘It’s a way of connecting with nature and pushing my limits’.
Dangerous? Javier states that it is quite safe, especially if you have the right training, study the scenarios well beforehand, know how to use the tools and equipment, take the weather into account and are aware of where the risks are. ‘When you do a canyon, or a climb, there is a previous work: I study the area in depth, I consult other climbers, you go to forums, read the comments, study the sketches and memorise, to know that for example after this tree, two more rappels and there is an escape on the right hand side if you need it’, he explains. The next target is in the Alps, where he plans to go in February. And the climb in Norway, he says, was spectacular. ‘I had never climbed such big walls on ice before and the truth is that it was a very nice trip, with totally different landscapes to what we have here.
In this area, the Sierra de Betis, in Tarifa, or Casares, are places that are just the right distance away to practice what in his environment of people who work shifts they call ‘nursery hours’: just enough time to drop the kids off at school, take the car, climb and be back by half past one.
Climber
Pit stop for QC025
APM Terminals Algeciras is coordinating works of 15 companies for two months for the the reconditioning of one of the STS cranes at Juan Carlos I quay
Aroutine pit stop for a Formula 1 car usually lasts between 6 and 10 seconds. In that short period of time, a technical team of up to 20 mechanics coordinate to refuel, change tyres and make repairs while the car is running in the pit lane, the track parallel to the circuit. There is no time to waste. Something similar to a pit stop has happened at APM Terminals in recent weeks, during work on QC025, one of our 19 Formula 1 port portainers. Only that, instead of 6 seconds, the tuning of one of the giants of the Juan Carlos I quay so that it can continue to provide service to world shipping has lasted 2 months.
Because this is no ordinary operation. Francisco Alzina, Quay Crane Manager and Head of the Crane Upgrade Project, has worked on all the necessary technical modifications to the cranes in this series for more than a year due to the complexity of the project. Emilio Morillo, Shift Maintenance Manager, and now Project Execution Coordinator for the portainer 25 project, has been in charge of supervising the execution of the work between 10 June, when the crane was taken out of operation, and mid-August. Emilio explains that normally a portainer has preventive and corrective works that do not require technical stoppages of this magnitude.
In this case, the Asset Maintenance team decided to take advantage of the time that the crane was going to be down to update the masterdrives - which are the elements in charge of regulating the lifting, trolley, boom and gantry movements - due to the obsolescence of the previous ones, in order to concentrate the work that is normally done spaced out over time and independently. In this way, the work on the crane has become a real pit stop, with the coordination of the work of 15 companies and between 70 and 75 people, with peaks of work in which up to 10 companies and 50 people have coincided simultaneously. All this on a quay that has remained operational and has even required a change in the position of the crane on the quay.
On this page, the screw machined, the AM equipment and the QC025 during the work.
In addition to large doses of coordination, with safety as the main premise in all the work, the project has required the creativity and ideas of the team, which have led to great innovations. For example, with the creation of a roller assembly tool, which makes installation much easier, and a mechanised screw, which facilitates installation in small spaces. Both ideas came from Alfonso Ocaña, a mechanic on the APM Terminals team.
Gantrex, Siemens -and its two subcontractors Nualux and Arum-, Kalmar, Norsur, Clece, Serván, Conemar, Weltec, Ideltec, La Línea Vertical, Rectificados del Sur, Sevitas and APM Terminals staff have left the crane ready to continue loading and unloading containers with the guarantees required to provide service to the global logistics chain from one of the most important transhipment hubs in the world. The next to pass through the pits was the QC024.
Una
tractora circulando en APM Terminals Algeciras, en una imagen de archivo..
Terminal tractors always available at the parking
Asset Maintenance is leading a kaizen that is expected to deliver promising results to make shift start-ups more agile
Asset Maintenance department of APM Terminals Algeciras has proposed to contribute to make the start of the shift more agile by ensuring that there are always tractors available in the car park. To this end, it has involved the Operations team, HSSE, WoW and Kalmar personnel and stevedores from the CPE in a kaizen whose actions are expected to produce promising results.
‘We identified certain aspects that needed to be improved since the decision was made to eliminate the allocation of a specific tractor head per operator. Although this was initially seen as positive because it led to quicker shift starts, it meant that there were often not enough tractor units available or in optimal conditions to operate in the parking area, despite the fact that the fleet is made up of
115 tractor units,’ said Isabel Rodríguez, Mobile Equipment Manager.
During the three days of Kaizen, held during week 29, the team applied the problem solving (PS) tool, analysed the situation, went to gemba and found that drivers could test several tractor units before starting their work, and that they had no possibility to report faults detected during these tests to Maintenance immediately. In addition, the tractor units were used for other tasks, which meant that they could be scattered around the terminal without returning to the car park. All this contributed to the lack of available machines at the start of each shift.
The work carried out by the team came up with simple solutions such as the Operations team automatically validating the machine 30 minutes before the start of the shift, allowing the shift to start earlier; visibly signalling whether the tractor is in operational condition, preventing the driver from wasting time checking its condition in the car park; or the Maintenance department keeping two tractors available and in perfect condition in a designated area in front of the workshop. This way, should someone detect a minor breakdown, they can take the equipment to the workshop in the knowledge that there is another one ready to continue operating. The kaizen action plan also includes upgrading the current tractor assignment software to a more modern and efficient one, with ideas from kaizen to help mitigate the problems detected. And also ideas for new kaizens, due to the involvement of the team. ‘A large part of the success of this kaizen has been being able to count on a very disciplined and complete team,’ said Isabel, who was especially grateful for the participation of the stevedoring staff.
“Your experiences and your concerns mark the way you face retirement”
In the pictures, a sample of the naval modelling that Luis practices, and one of his arrivals at the
In Moments #7 we spoke to Luis García to find out what his life is like after retirement
Life after APM Terminals for Luis García is anything but boring.
The former head of security at the terminal considers that he has taken retirement as just another part of life, and that the experiences and concerns he has had throughout his working life have marked his retirement. His has been very entertaining and, therefore, so is the one he has now, without timetables.
As a seafarer, before arriving at ‘La Casa’ - as he calls the company - he was on board transporting goods for Spanish shipowners for more than 15 years, of which he has a thousand anecdotes that came to him without being aware that, for example, he was participating in covert civil wars or in Operation Desert Storm. When his son was born and the time came to stay on land, he learned from a friend that the Maersk terminal in Algeciras was
looking for profiles like his for the claims area. It was the year 2000 and, shortly afterwards, with 9/11 and the implementation of the ISPS code, he moved to the Security department.
Security continues to be part of his new life, training future merchant navy captains at the University, directing critical infrastructure security plans and writing manuals for future security chiefs, with the aim of ensuring that his experience and knowledge as a seafarer specialising in security are not lost. When he is at home - not too much of the time - he likes to study the history of the Sierra de Huelva and discover historical figures from the area where he comes from. He also enjoys naval modelling and cultivating the infinite patience necessary to turn native plants into bonsais, as a good follower of the master Sal-
Above, Luis as hospitalero in a hostel on the Camino to Santiago de Compostela. Below, a bonsai elm tree that he has cared for more than 20 years.
merón, one of the best bonsaists in Spain.
Another of his great hobbies is the Camino de Santiago, which he has been walking for 24 years. In spring you can see him backpack on his back walking to the tomb of the apostle, and in autumn, as a hospitalero in one of the public hostels managed by the Spanish Federation of Associations of the Camino de Santiago, through the program of volunteer hospitaleros, formed by former pilgrims who devote their time to assist newcomers and collaborate in the dissemination of cultural and spiritual content of the Camino de las Estrellas.
And the time that remains is to continue travelling, getting to know Spain and abroad. ‘After so many years on board and with my experience, I only travel to civilised countries’, he jokes.
Luis García · Head of Security
Plaza del Obradoiro.
Drills to prepare for action
Recurrent exercises are called to test our resources, and train staff to deal with any given situation.
In order to be prepared for any situation, APM Terminals Algeciras carries out exercises in which it regularly tests its protocols and staff. The last one before the closing of this edition was carried out on 27 November, when during the drill the need to act on a reefer container with lithium batteries that presented high temperatures on board the ship Santa Clara was recreated.
In coordination with the Provincial Fire Consortium, and after having activated the Self-Protection Plan and the terminal’s first intervention team, the temperature of the reefer was lowered to the maximum, the container was unloaded to a safe area of the quay and cooled with water provided by the fire brigade’s high-capacity mother truck. Once the situation was under control, the batteries were removed. This exercise involved the Maritime Captaincy, the Port Authority, Maersk, the Fire Brigade and the first interven -
Image of another training session of the Provincial Consortium of Cadiz, which visited the ship Mumbai Maersk, coordinated by the HSSE team of APM Terminals Algeciras, with whom the provincial body has a collaboration agreement, to learn about the risks, emergency protocols and how to act in the different rooms of the ship.
Above, an image of the drill with the Santa Clara. Below, the first intervention training of the management team.
tion team from the morning shift. In the pictures you can also see another exercise of the first intervention training that the management team received a few weeks ago.
Momentos in...
WoW with David García
After Operations, Asset Maintenance, IT and HSSE, Momentos spent a day learning about continuous improvement at the terminal. Who do we choose next time?
It is Tuesday, October 1st, and the Way of Working team is in the Punta Paloma room facilitating a Kaizen with Procurement colleagues. Facilitating kaizens is one of their usual daily tasks, focused on implementing the methodology of continuous improvement in the processes that allow them to achieve the objectives of efficiency, productivity and satisfaction for the company’s customers, with the passion of those who have well internalised that the Lean method, its tools and its profits can be applied to any area of work in the terminal, and with good results.
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A usual day for David García, WoW Manager of APM Terminals Algeciras, usually starts at 9:00 with SQDC meetings to follow up the objectives linked to the Policy Deployment. ‘From there, according to the problems detected by the teams, and based on the concept of continuous improvement, we analyse what has gone wrong, what the problem is, what the root cause is and what countermeasures can be applied,’ explains David. These countermeasures arise through kata-kaizens, which allow us to quickly mitigate the daily incidents detected, following the continuous improvement cycle, which
in this case is nothing more than going to Gemba, analysing the root-cause, applying countermeasures and checking the results. All of this allows small improvements to be made on a dayto-day basis.
David has been working at APM Terminals for 17 years, and 15 years in the continuous improvement department. During this time, he has reached Lean Level 6 by being certified as a Lean Coach, and as a Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt by the Kaizen Institute. ‘We are agents of change for continuous improvement, seeking to standardise and add value to processes, in order to have greater efficiency and productivity that reflects the satisfaction of our customers; these are the objectives of our terminal. Above all, it is very important to go to the Gemba, which is the place where things happen, to ask with the utmost respect and hear from the people about the problem, the current process, the root-cause and, above all, the countermeasures to mitigate them. We, therefore, only help them to make the journey towards the Kaizen methodology,’ he says as he continues to arrange ideas on post-its on the tables and walls of the room, where he is facilitating the workshop. The aim is to find the root cause, apply countermeasures and check with visits to the Gemba to monitor the indicators that the problem has been mitigated. Later, we enter the sustainability phase, which is usually the hardest phase, along with breaking down resistance to change in the processes. His day-to-day work is very much about coaching and facilitation. Gathering the necessary information for
David García during a workshop.
the next kaizen events, which are 2-3 day kaizens for which a good preliminary work phase is necessary; getting to know the current process, the trend graph of the KPI performance indicators of the process and the Pareto graph with the main causes. All this will help to follow the Kaizen methodology and the facilitation task during the workshop, to focus the team during the week on the search for the root-cause of the problem and the application of countermeasures born from our trystorm, which will seek to mitigate the problem raised. Some of the kaizens that have been carried out in recent weeks are RTG performance data quality and Optimising the tasks of the operations manager. There are also the Kaikaku Kaizen events, which are supported and sponsored by the headquarters. One of the last ones David highlights is the Patio Strategy event. ‘It was an example of teamwork and sharing good practices among the participants from Algeciras and other terminals of APM Terminals’. In this Kaizen, the health of
the yard was improved, which impacts on the way Berthing is planned and the optimisation of resources for ship operations. ‘In addition, the countermeasures implemented have allowed us to absorb the negative impact of STS’s long-term pavement and preventive maintenance works, which impacted our PortStay and CMPH. In fact, thanks
Lean is the foundation for the success of our strategy and our ambition to be the best terminal company in the world for all our stakeholders.
Over the past seven years, we have built a solid foundation with our Lean practices. We are now in the next stage, and we will move away from using the Way of Working (WoW) to describe how we work and simply talk about
to this Kaizen, the current CMPH is 27.7, the PortStay 17.6%’. These data indicate that the Lean seed has already germinated in the terminal, where all the staff has, at least, level 1 and 2, and 50% reaches level 3, and contributes with their daily work to the continuous improvement of the processes of APM Terminals Algeciras.
From WoW to Lean, new name and design
‘Lean’ or ‘Lifted by Lean’. We will also change the language, the visuals and the WoW branding.
APM Terminals’ Lean House
We started to see the Lean House earlier this year. A new look to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to Lean as the core of our strategy. This Lean House aims to simplify the understanding and communication of Lean principles, effectively bringing all elements of Lean
under one roof.
You may have noticed changes in the positions of Lean-related colleagues. And in the coming weeks we will continue to update all our messaging, imagery and branding across all our channels and assets, including the Lean Academy training materials. All the files for the new logo and guidelines for its use are available on our new branding page.
A day in APM Terminals Algeciras with DMAX
We are collaborating with CropTV, a production company that works for Discovery Channel in the development of a series on port activity.
Moments of the filming of CropTV team at APM Terminals Algeciras on 29th May.
It was 14:00 hours on Wednesday, 29 May, and Laust Maersk docked at Juan Carlos I quay of APM Terminals Algeciras. Up to this point, everything was normal, only that the vessel, a well-known name at the port, on this occasion brought on board the editor and cameraman of a team from CropTV, the production company which is producing a 24-episode documentary series for DMAX to spread the word about port activity. Their aim is to tell in 7 minutes - what they call cases - stories of our day to day life that will help the non-specialist public to get to know the port sector in Spain. Therefore, they have not only recorded this first season in Algeciras, other teams have worked simultaneously in Barcelona, Valencia, Vigo and Las Palmas.
That sunny day in May, the production team arrived at the terminal by boat. They boarded the ship on arrival in the bay at the pilots’ port of call, loading the camera. It was an experience to remember, but the two members of the production company said they would not repeat it. During the docking operations, they were able to film the work of the pilots from the bridge of the ship, under the command of Captain Zetta
CropTV has also recorded simultaneously in Valencia,
Barcelona, and in other ports in Spain
Gous-Conradie, with the intention of filming all the steps involved in a ship’s call at the terminal. From there we accompanied them to the Control Room, where the shift manager Ernesto Carrión and Alejandro del Pozo, Terminal Supervisor, recreated in a conversation the information shared by the team to carry out the operations during the hours that the Laust Maersk will be at the terminal. It’s not reality, but TV needs those licenses. Once the filming was finished in Operations, back to the dock, where they filmed the stevedoring operation that would allow them to close the case that we hope to see on TV soon. But there was another trick to the shoot. Days later, CropTV’s crew travelled to Maersk’s offices at the Hub Operations Center in the Towers of Hercules to capture the preparation of the vessel’s call, a stage that normally comes before. On this occasion, the chosen actors were Marina Alonso, Senior Hub Solution Lead, and David Guzmán, APM Terminals Berth Supervisor, who recreated a conversation in which they also shared information about the ‘future’ operation of the vessel at the Algeciras terminal. Domingo Gutiérrez, Head of Depots, on the other hand, explained in broad strokes the work of the shipping company and of the offices, in particular. It will not be the only episode of the series in which the terminal appears, nor will Algeciras be the only filming location of the DMAX series. At APM Terminals Valencia, another team has filmed several days in Operations and Maintenance and at APM Terminals Barcelona, the commissioning of 17 hybrid Straddle Carriers, among others.
Watch Control de Puertos every Sunday at 21:30 on DMAX.
David Guzmán, Marina Alonso, y Domingo Gutiérrez, during DMAX filming.
José Marín IFS & BI Support
‘The new generation brings that new point of view that is needed neither better nor worse, just different’.
Pepe has worked at the terminal since April 1986, and when he is not there, his colleagues joke that he is replaced by a shorter, white-haired, Christmas-attired double on his desk. A computer engineer from La Línea de la Concepción, he has also worked at Maersk and Comesa. As IFS and BI Support, he serves users and is in contact with other functions, as
José Antonio arrived in Algeciras in 2019, fi rst to work at the terminal with an ETT, and later with APM Terminals. He is a Telecommunications Engineer, coming from Jerez de la Frontera, and the maintenance of the infrastructure and communication systems that serve the business, as well as tickets and vulnerabilities, are part of
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well as being involved in other projects that depend on global. Something non-mechanical, which he is grateful for because he says that anything else must be very boring. What is the first thing you do when you arrive at the terminal?
When I arrive at the workstation, I see all the mails that are pending, and classify them according to the urgency, importance of the work or
his day-to-day work in the IT team, in addition to local and global renovation projects. What is the first thing you do when you arrive at the terminal? First of all, I greet my colleagues. Then I switch on the computer and check emails and tickets. With everything new and pending, I prioritise and plan the day.
What do you like most about your job?
Never knowing what you are going to find, although it has its downside, it makes the work not monotonous.
What do you like to do to disconnect?
Lately I’ve been watching series and films. My son is getting older,
requirement that they make of you. What do you like most about your job?
Knowing that you are helping your colleagues with a job well done and that it is what you were asked to do. What do you like to do to unwind?
Apart from family, I have a couple of hobbies: aquatics and photography, although I don’t do much of the latter.
José Marín and José Antonio
What is the port of Algeciras for you?
I consider the port as a way of life and I think that not only for me but also for the city. There are many companies of all kinds that are connected to it and, therefore, families and people who are linked to it in one way or another. What do you think the new blood brings to the daily work, the collea-
Badillo, from IT, answer the Experience vs. New Talent test.
Take a look at their their answers
gues who have been here for less time?
When you’ve been doing something for a long time, it doesn’t mean that it can’t be improved. The new blood brings that new point of view that is needed, which is neither better nor worse, just different and which has to be accepted as a possible change for the better, not as an imposition.
so I’m reliving old films with him. What is the port of Algeciras for you?
I’m not from the area and I didn’t know it. Nowadays Algeciras is my home and the port is a very important part of my life. By working in it I have been able to have the basis to form and support my family, for which I am very grateful.
‘It is necessary that the old and the new school work hand in hand’.
What do you think the colleagues who have been there longer contribute to the daily work?
In a terminal that has been around for so many years, the new and the not-so-new are very integrated everywhere and working together. It is necessary for the old school and the new school to work hand in hand and learn from each other.
José Antonio Badillo Technical Infrastructure Unix
Celebrating the new life of our people
26 of our colleagues have taken advantage of the terminal’s early retirement plan.
In these pages you can find photos of some of the farewells of the 26 colleagues who have decided to take advantage of the APM Terminals Algeciras Incentivated Leaves Plan. As you already know, in December 2023 an agreement was reached to reorganize the company with the aim of, on the one hand, incorporating new talents to the organization, facilitating the generational replacement, and, on the other hand, to encourage the retirement of people who could already access the ordinary retirement, as well as the ‘early retirement’ in very advantageous conditions of those employees close to their retirement age who were interested in doing so.
As a result of this agreement, since this summer, a total of 18 people have left the company, with whom we wanted to celebrate their new vital stage in a small tribute during their last day at the terminal, after a long career and effort to make APM Terminals Algeciras an outstanding international transhipment hub on the shores of the Strait of Gibraltar. Without
Moments of the farewell of some colleagues in recent weeks. weeks.
a doubt, all of them have contributed to the development and growth of our company, and we are sure that we could not have done it without them. Congratulations, and thank you very much! We wish you all the best in this new personal stage and thank you for your dedication during all these years.
Getting ready for Gemini
APM Terminals Algeciras has been called to play a key role in the Network of the Future, to deliver the more than 95% reliability promised by the new cooperation with Hapag-Lloyd
As you know, eight APM Terminals terminals, including Algeciras, have been appointed as hubs for the new Gemini Cooperation, a long-term operational collaboration between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, which in February 2025 will launch the so-called Network of the Future.
Within this group of terminals, we are set to play a key role in delivering greater than 95% reliability, competitive transit times and the extensive global coverage promised by Gemini.
The selected hubs, which will help connect the new network’s 58 services and more than 6,000 inter-port combinations, include APM Terminals Maasvlakte II in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven in Germany, APM Terminals Algeciras in Spain, APM Terminals Tangier and Medport Tangier in Morocco, Suez Canal Container Terminal in Port
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Said (Egypt), Port of Salalah in Oman and Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia.
The Network of the Future will cover the maritime freight network on the East-West routes.
The ambition of this cooperation is to reduce the complexity of the network with single operator ser-
Gemini needs the highest level of productivity and efficiency
vices, fewer calls per service, and to incorporate terminals with the highest level of productivity and operational efficiency. We will therefore prioritise reliability and ensure that the new network supports our ambitious sustainability goals.
The aim of our new network is to create a well-connected ocean network that delivers unrivalled, industry-leading reliability of over 95% for the services within Gemini’s scope of operations when the new network is fully deployed. Reliability will be achieved through an innovative and fundamentally different network design and high performance hubs.
The network will consist of 29 efficient ocean core services and an extensive network of agile inter-regional feeder services. It will cover the Asia/US West Coast, Asia/US East Coast, Asia/Middle East, Asia/ Middle East, Asia/Mediterranean, Asia/Northern Europe, Middle East - India/Europe and Transatlantic trade areas.
Following a thorough review, and given the continuing security concerns in the Red Sea, it has been decided to phase in our network to sail around the Cape of Good Hope
by the start of the Gemini Co-operation on 1 February 2025. As the situation remains very dynamic, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk will return to the Red Sea as soon as it is safe to do so.
Our experience, fleet, terminal asset base and network vision are complementary, ensuring that this partnership will make a real difference to our customers, our business and the industry as a whole. Maersk (Net Zero 2040) and Hapag-Lloyd (Net Zero 2045) have the most ambitious decarbonisation targets in the industry, and they remain unchanged. However, the new network aims to offer a more fuel-efficient configuration that will reduce greenhouse emissions per container carried as early as 2025, and both parties are committed to continue to drive further efficiency gains in the coming years.
Record idle time reduction during week 38
Keith Svendsen acknowledges the effort and the excellent results achieved by the team in his weekly message
In just 9 months, APM Terminals Algeciras together with the HOC have achieved a major transformation to reduce the idle time of the terminal. This project is fully aligned with our Breakthrough Objective #1: ‘Deliver a radically better customer experience of our products and services’. Using Lean tools, the team found that 70% of the idle time was due to delays in port services outside the terminal’s control. This was because the request for pilots and tugs came from the ship masters, with no commitment to a departure time. Given the density of traffic in the port of Algeciras, it was unfeasible to commit to specific times without significant changes. So the team led a project with Maersk (HOC) and the Port Authority Bahia de Algeciras to help reduce response times. The result has not only been a successful change of internal processes to give the best service to the Gemini Cooperation and the Network of the Future, but also a change of paradigm and mentality of all involved. The objective is not only to improve downtime, but also to improve port services to adapt them to the needs of the client, a win-win
for the terminal and the Port of Algeciras. This has been achieved through the creation of a booking system that allows the terminal to provide the Port Authority with updated information on when the vessel completes its operations and is ready to sail. In this way, pilots, tugs and moorers know exactly what time they need to be ready for the vessel’s departure. In this way, the average weekly idle time, which was traditionally 2.8 hours in Algeciras, is now systematically less than 2 hours.
82 minutes is the best historical record
Moreover, in week 38, for the first time in the terminal’s history, we were below the 90-minute target, with 82 minutes of downtime. The project continues with training and communication between the teams, changes in the specifications of the port services and the increase of the resources offered by the Port Authority of Algeciras. We hope that the results of this project will not only be punctual, but the new standard of APM Terminals Algeciras. This excellent result is the outcome of an interdepartmental collaboration between APM Terminals Algeciras, Maersk, the Port Authority of Algeciras, Maersk Oil Trading and the daily work of the operations teams of the terminal, the line, pilots, moorers and tugboats.
New CBA signed at Valencia Port Employement Center
The agreement provides stability in labour relations and fulfils the objective of adapting to current
In June, the shareholder companies of the Valencia Port Employment Centre (CPEV) signed the collective agreement for the stevedoring sector in the port of Valencia following consensus with the most representative trade union organisations on the works council, and after 19 years since the last agreement. The agreement gives stability to labour relations and fulfils the objective of adapting to current legislation.
The signing took place after the signing of the 5th Framework Agreement for the sector by ANESCO, an association to which both the CPEV itself and the majority of its shareholders and clients belong. The CPEV stresses the effort made by the parties, as the search for solutions and agreements always involves concessions and renunciations, but recalls the importance of providing legal certainty, stability and social peace.
Barcelona, on the road to equipment electrification
APM Terminals Barcelona celebrates the launch of 17 new hybrid straddle carriers
APM Terminals Barcelona celebrated in May the launching of 17 hybrid straddle carriers with which it is renewing its machinery. With these cranes, Konecranes NSC 644 EHY, which consume 32.5% less fuel than the most mo-
dern cranes to date, and will save 50 tonnes of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere each year, the terminal takes an intermediate step in its move towards operations with electric machinery, APM Terminals’ global objective.
Julián Fernández, APM Terminals
Spanish Gateways Managing Director
In the role since April, he brings senior leadership experience in Business Development, Finance and General Management to the Valencia, Barcelona and Gijón terminals. In 2008, he joined Maersk as CFO of Maersk Logistics (later Damco) in Brazil. In 2011, already at APM Terminals, he moved from Finance to Head of Business Development for Latin America, working on several large port concession tenders as well as M&A projects. He then became CFO and Deputy CEO of APM Terminals Poti (Georgia), becoming CEO in 2022.
Hybrid SC at APM Terminals Barcelona.
A virtual coffee with...
Michael Hoepner
West-Med CFO
Coffee of this 7th edition of Momentos, our internal communication magazine, will be with Michael Hoepner, West-Med Chief Financial Officer. During the chat he explained that he has worked for APMM Group for 31 years, first four in Denmark -his birth country- and then in different locations around the world, all of them nice and interesting places to both work and live: Thailand, Israel, Turkey, The Netherlands, and now he divides his time between Tangier and Algeciras, where he is responsible for the Finance. “This mean that I have taken the ferry many times, which is not always a nice and calming experience. Let’s say that all the ferry companies, and the passport police and customs officers on both sides would benefit from reviewing and improving theis ways of working”, he said. On the private side, Michael has two grown up children from his first marriage, and from the second one, a 18 year old son and a 14 year old daughter who still lives at home. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with the family, including a Spanish waterdog. You can read the rest of the conversation here:
Tell us about yourself in one sentence. I am someone who is set very high standards for myself, and then also expect it from others, which sometimes can be challenging for both me and others.
What quality do you admire the most in people?
I admire people who are ambitious and good at what they are doing, but at the same time are very humble and treat other people with respect.
What do you like most about your day-to-day life?
I very much appreciate that I have a challenging job, which keeps me busy, and a wonderful family to support me.
What do you spend your spare time doing?
Drive my children around to and from their different sport and social activities, work on the tasks at home assigned to me by my wife, take our dog for walks, and if time occasionally allows I try to play a round of golf.
What is the last book you have read?
I am currently reading a book called “The intelligence trap”, which is an interesting book about different types of intelligence, and about why also intelligent people do stupid things.
And cinema? Which is your favourite film?
I am maybe a bit old (fashioned), but I really don’t like all the new super-hero movies. I have a number of “favorite movies”; The Shawshank Redemption, Usual suspects and Mississippi Burning.
Do you have any unfinished personal project?
I need to organize my garage, so that it becomes a usable area, and not just a dumping area for items not being used daily.
Something you are deeply satisfied with?
Job wise I am very happy with the fact that I have been able to have so many interesting experiences in so many different places over my 31 years with the company. On the private front I am very happy to see how each of my four children are developing into being good individuals, with sound values, who are respected by the people that they get in contact with.
Could you tell us a dream?
My dream is to work for another 4 years until my youngest daughter graduates high school, and then be able to retire and enjoy life by travelling with my wife. In addition to this, see my four children progress in life and succeed with the goals that they have set for themselves.
