Comparative Analysis of Container Terminals in Northern Vietnam, 2005-2014

Abstract

: Sea-ports in Northern Vietnam have experienced a rapid growth of container throughput in recent years. To accompany with such development, huge investment also has been performed to enhance not only local port capacity but also the regional logistics system. Container terminals in Northern Vietnam locate centrally along Cam river of Haiphong city, leaving 2 others in Quang Ninh province. Five out of totally 11 container terminals in the area are under the control of Vinalines -a national corporation in field of maritime industry. In this paper, those terminals are classified in terms of location and ownership. The volume of container throughput and facilities of all container terminals in Northern Vietnam from 2005 to 2014 are recorded in order to compare the performance of groups. A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is then applied to evaluate the relative efficiency of such terminals. Before conclusion, number of suggestions will be contributed to related parties.

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“…The yard crane, the operation time of the terminal and the area of the terminal can all affect the efficiency of the terminal. Nguyen and Kim (2015) used data envelopment analysis method to compare container throughput and facilities of container terminals in northern Vietnam, and put forward some suggestions for related enterprises. Lv et al (2020)studied the problem of terminal interruption recovery caused by accidents after berth allocation, established an integer linear programming model, and proposed a heuristic algorithm combined with the crane allocation problem, which had practical significance for rescheduling berth allocation.…”