Ports & Maritime

 

InterVISTAS has proven expertise in supporting ports, maritime and cruise ship terminal operators with a variety of services:

Strategic Planning

InterVISTAS undertakes industry and competitive assessments, facilitates workshops, and supports the development of strategic plans for port authorities and major ferry operators.

Governance Development

InterVISTAS helped a collection of ports and terminal operators develop a governance model for a new not-for-profit agency being created to advance a number of common initiatives.

Business Planning

InterVISTAS helps ports and maritime operators with a variety of general business services.

Economic Impact and Multiple Accounts Evaluation

InterVISTAS has conducted a large number of economic impact studies for ports, including both on-going economic impact as well as the impact of specific projects to increase capacity. We are able to break impact down by specific municipality, sector and trade type. Our innovative approach also allows identifying the impact of a specific vessel sailings. In addition to economic impact analysis, InterVISTAS conducts cost-benefit analysis and multiple accounts evaluation.

Forecasting

InterVISTAS has experience in developing long-term cruise passenger forecasts for cruise port operators.

Competitive Analysis

InterVISTAS has completed competitive analysis studies for a number of major cruise ports.

Incentive Development

InterVISTAS helped a major Caribbean cruise port develop a five-year incentive package to encourage cruise traffic growth.

Operations Planning

On behalf of a major cruise port, InterVISTAS has completed several annual operational reviews and also developed a comprehensive terminal operations policy and procedures manual designed to enhance the efficiency of operations.

Passenger Processing

InterVISTAS provided on-going advocacy support, resulting in a multi-party agreement between Canadian and US immigration and customs agencies to streamline the processing of US visitors transiting through Canadian cruise ports.

Customer Satisfaction

InterVISTAS has undertaken several cruise passenger satisfaction studies, designed to capture scientific data on passenger perceptions and preferences, travel behavior, spending habits, and general demographics.

CONTACT

InterVISTAS has a solid team of former airline management personnel who offer efficient, effective and experienced support to airlines of all sizes and locations.

Steve Martin
Rob Beynon
Rob Andriulaitis

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Clients

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