Evaluations of Port Performances from a Seaborne Cargo Supply Chain Perspective

• Main Authors: LOW, Joyce M. W., LAM, Shao Wei, TANG, Loon Ching, LAN, Zhang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Seaborne cargo supply chain; port efficiencies; freight transportation; port service benchmarking; Asian Studies; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Transportation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4580; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5579/viewcontent/pomr_2013_0024.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Previous research on port efficiency focuses primarily on the provider’s perspective and assumes that maximizing the output is always desirable. This paper recognizes that maximizing the final output does not necessarily guarantee an efficient system and the notion of port efficiency and service eff...