Open AccessPerformance measurement of the port logistics system
Author(s) -
Florin Nicolae
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
scientific bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-8956
pISSN - 1454-864X
DOI - 10.21279/1454-864x-19-i1-053
Subject(s) - port (circuit theory) , commodity , productivity , water transport , production (economics) , service (business) , resource (disambiguation) , scale (ratio) , transport engineering , order (exchange) , business , environmental economics , operations research , environmental resource management , engineering , environmental science , computer science , environmental engineering , economics , geography , finance , marketing , electrical engineering , computer network , cartography , water flow , macroeconomics
Water transport has an overwhelming contribution to international trade. Between 80% and 90% of commodity trading are carried out by means of maritime transport and inland waterway transport. Under these circumstances, the port acts as logistical centre which is crossed each year by major commodity flows. Based on these aspects, the research carried out was aimed to determine a set of parameters in order to facilitate the assessment of the performance of port services provided to ships and goods. The authors suggest a set of specific parameters. These parameters need to improve performance of berths operations, especially productivity, by substantially increasing traffic by using facilities, existing human and material resources, possibly with some small-scale investments. Port performance parameters were structured as follows: production parameters, service parameters, resource use parameters and productivity parameters. The research methodology will be used further to assess these indicators and integrate them into a comparative study of the Black Sea ports.