Analysis of Variables of Vessel Calls in a Container Terminal

Keng Bin Loke, Mohamad Rosni Othman, Abdul Hamid Saharuddin, Mohd Naim Fadzil

School of Maritime Business and Management, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

DOI: 10.4236/ojms.2014.44025                

Abstract

The handling efficiency of container terminal may be affected by variables of vessel calls, loading and discharge of container in the terminal. Some of the previous studies indicated that the performance of ship operation would be affected by variables of vessel calls, such as ship size, container loaded and container discharged would affect the handling rate of ship operation, but it didn’t clarify on the degree of relationship and lack of variable container shifted/restowed. Therefore, this study would further study on the softcoming, to analyse the relationship between variables of vessel calls with berth turnaround time, that affected the ship operation’s performance. Extensive observation and survey activities were conducted at Malaysian’s Port and the collected data was based on ship operation delay parameters; like berth turnaround time, total move, total discharge, total load, shift/restow, and length overall of vessels. The initial result showed that total move, total discharge and total load had high correlation with berth turnaround time. The r-value of total move, total discharge and total load are 0.877, 0.716 and 0.804 respectively. Therefore, this study concluded that the berth turnaround time is highly affected by total move, total discharge and total load. Consequently, the research output would be as a decision making tool to port planner.

Keywords

Berth Turnaround Time, Total Move, Total Discharge, Total Load, Length Overall of Vessel

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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