Green Port Performance Index for Sustainable Ports in Egypt: a Fuzzy AHP Approach

As today’s competitiveness is highly rising in the global maritime sector paralleled with an increased concern on the sustainability of operations and the environment, the purpose of this research is to propose a performance measurement system to evaluate and improve ports’ green performance. The proposed system would support ports’ authorities in assessing their green performance, defining the areas that would need improvement and ultimately allocating the necessary fund to develop and improve its green performance. The literature is reviewed and a survey is conducted to identify the key green port performance indicators. This survey targeted subject matter experts (SMEs) and academics in the maritime sector in Egypt, the United Kingdom and Singapore. A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) questionnaire is then carried to determine the relative importance weight (W) of the key selected indicators among the major container ports in Egypt namely; Alexandria, East Port Said and Sokhna. The indicators would then be quantified and a performance rate (R) would be assigned for each indicator based on a performance rating scale. Finally, a green port performance index would be designed using a weighted averaging aggregation method in order to aggregate the indicators’ weighted rates (WR) into a single index of overall performance from which a port can compare its performance with other competitive ports.

• Record URL:
  http://www.icms.polyu.edu.hk/Proceedings/Proceedings%20of%20IFSPA%202014.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
• Corporate Authors:

  Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies
  Tung International Centre for Maritime Studies
  Hong Kong,   China 
• Authors:
  • Elzarka, Sara
  • Elgazzar, Sara
• Conference:
  • International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2014: Sustainable Development in Shipping and Transport Logistics
  • Location: Hong Kong , China
  • Date: 2014-5-19 to 2014-5-21
• Publication Date: 2014-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 322-331
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2014: Sustainable Development in Shipping and Transport Logistics

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analytic hierarchy process; Competition; Environmental impacts; Performance measurement; Port operations; Supply chain management; Sustainable development; Trade routes
• Geographic Terms: Egypt; Singapore; United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01542226
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 2014 11:26AM