Given the key role ports play in the trade and economic growth of countries, port managers
are looking for ways to increase efficiency and improve port performance. To this end, the …

The increasing environmental issues relating to carbon dioxide emissions are a primary
concern globally and have triggered excessive research to investigate possible ways to …

Existing studies in favor of comparing operating efficiency for different container ports often
do not result in compelling results for port organizational policies, partly because the …

This paper examines the productivity of Norwegian container seaports and the extent to
which the initially less productive seaports are converging/diverging in productivity in …

Facing frequent impacts from extreme weather such as tsunamis, storms and tropical
cyclones, ports suffer from crises of operation shutdowns, shipping traffic jams, commuting …

The North region has the largest presence of navigable waterways in Brazil, and the
greatest potential for growth in container handling. However, the region lacks research on …

This study aims at examining the productive efficiency of container terminals (CTs) affiliated
to a single organization. In practice, this case is common in developing countries that all CTs …

This paper aims to assess the efficiency of Irish and North Atlantic Spanish ports in
generating traffic and examine changes in efficiency over the period 2000-15. Specifically …

Operational efficiency is crucial in the container terminal industry to reduce costs, increase
throughput, enhance customer satisfaction, optimize the supply chain, improve safety …

Performance measurement plays a key role in developing appropriate strategies and
evaluating the achievement of objectives in an Intermodal Freight Transport System. This …