Seaport network performance measurement in the context of global freight supply chains

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than ever. From a microeconomic perspective, on the other hand, due to competitive pressures brought by consolidation in the manufacturing sector, firms tend to produce in places where resources are less expensive. Finding sources in lowering production cost has led to a situation where companies spread their production units across continents. These developments in the world economy have been accelerated owing to factors like the importance of economies of scale, geographical expansion and trade liberalisation, which in turn lead to increasingly globalised enterprise activities. Consequently, the manufacturing industry in global supply chains becomes more dependent upon shipping and ports in inbound as well as outbound logistics.Having acted as trade facilitators, seaports *) are important players in the freight transport system. The era of globalisation and global supply chain management (SCM) has led to the evolving roles of ports and port operators which are shaping

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“…Pun & Nurse (2010);Rashidi & Tsang (2013);Lam & Song (2013);Tapia et al (2014) Equipment reliability This is a measure of the probability that equipment Useful data for the maintenance planPun & Nurse (2010);Rashidi & Tsang (2013);Lam & Song (2013) will operate without failure for a given period of time.Workforce costTo measuring the amount of money used for paying operational employeesTo control the operational costsHuang et al (2010); Caggiani et al (2012); Tapia et al (2014) Operational cost To measuring the cost related to any operational activity To price services, to identify losses, to track and reduce cost and to optimize resources Huang et al (2010); Yeo, Roe & Dinwoodie (2011); Caggiani et al (2012); Lam & Song (2013(2010); Huang et al (2010); Feng et al (2011); Lam & Song (2013) Handling volume demand To measure the demand for handle containers inside the terminal To evaluate trade levels and the terminal operational service capacity Al-Eraqi et al (2010); Huang et al (2010); Yeo et al (2011); Feng et al (2011); Rashidi & Tsang (2013) Equipment availability To identify whether the equipment is available when needed Useful data for the maintenance plan Pun & Nurse (2010); Rashidi & Tsang (2013); Lam & Song (2013); Tapia et al (2014) Container loss/damage To measure the frequency of container loss/damage To meet the customer requirements/agreements Yeo et al (2011) Number of reefer plugs To determine the reefer's container capacity Capacity to store reefer's containerFeng et al (2011); Rios & Souza (2014) Warehouse occupation To determine the occupation in the seaports' warehouse To identify the occupancy/congestion of the warehouse Al-Eraqi et al (2010); Yeo et al (2011); Nooramin et al (2011) Yard occupation To determine the occupation in the yard area To identify the occupancy/congestion of the terminal Al-Eraqi et al (2010); Yeo et al (2011); Nooramin et al (2011) Ship load/discharg e productivity To measure how many containers are load/discharge per hour in a ship operation To estimate the operation time and to track the productivity Pun & Nurse (2010); Yeo et al (2011); Nooramin et al (2011); Cartenì & Luca (2012); Caggiani et al (2012); Tapia et al (2014) Berth productivity To assess how many ships, perform in a berth per month To track the efficiency of a berth Pun & Nurse (2010); Yeo et al (2011); Nooramin et al (2011); Cartenì & Luca (2012); Caggiani et al (2012) Equipment productivity To measure the performance of the equipment To allocate resources and aid operational and maintenance decisionmaking Pun & Nurse (2010); Huang et al (2010); Nooramin et al (2011); Cartenì & Luca (2012); Caggiani et al (2012); Rashidi & Tsang (2013quantity of forklifts, reach stackers, etc. To certify if the seaport has the required equipment for the logistic operation Yeo et al (2011); Feng et al (2011); Rios & Souza (2014) Quantity of ship-toshore/cranes To measure the ship load productivity of the terminal Ship-to-shore/cranes are the most relevant seaport equipment, responsible for the ship load productivity Huang et al (2010); Yeo et al (2011); Feng et al (2011); Caggiani et al (2012); Rios & Souza (2014) Quantity of TEUs handled To measure the volume of container handled in the terminal The seaport's profit come especially from handling container Yeo et al (2011); Feng et al…”