Performance measurement of the port logistics system

• Main Author: F. Nicolae
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Naval Academy Press 2019-06-01
• Series: Scientific Bulletin of Naval Academy
• Subjects: port performance; port output
• Online Access: https://www.anmb.ro/buletinstiintific/buletine/2019_Issue1/03_NTM/172.pdf

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 a logistical center 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 the 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.