Dr. Yvo A. Saanen is Managing partner and Founder (1996) of TBA, a leading terminal design and simulation company in The Netherlands. He is in charge of all port & terminal related projects all over the world in their planning and optimization process of container terminals by means of simulation and emulation.  

In this role, he has participated in various projects, ranging from long term development, process improvement, terminal extensions and redesign of handling systems to design of greenfield terminals. Examples are the DPWorld’s facility in Antwerp, and HPH’s Euromax facility in Rotterdam, and OOCL’s facility in Long Beach, but also the latest terminals in Rotterdam by APMT and DP World. 

Dr. Saanen holds an MSc in Systems Engineering and a PhD on the design and simulation of robotized container terminals, both from Delft University of Technology. He is a lecturer at the institute of Maritime Economics and Logistics (Erasmus University Rotterdam), teaching simulation and logistics and, in various bodies, lectures about terminal design by means of simulation, and publishes regularly about his work in scientific magazines as well as business magazines.