Measuring Seaport Performance and Congestion in the Republic of Korea

Abstract

Companies continue to globalize their supply chain operations increasing cargo traffic and creating excessive shipping demand on ports across the globe resulting in port congestion. This increased congestion impacts USTRANSCOM's cargo movement operations, which compete for use of the same port resources. While the DoD has organic transportation capabilities, most of the cargo is moved by commercial ocean liners. It is, therefore, necessary to understand port operations, identify excess capacity, and exploit it to avoid congestion at ports. The purpose of this study is to identify peak and idle periods by evaluating the comparative performance of seaports using data envelopment analysis (DEA).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1176865

Entities

People

  • Derrick J. Lohr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulk Cargo
  • Cargo
  • Classification
  • Containers
  • Contracts
  • Efficiency
  • Freight Transportation
  • Geography
  • Korea
  • Linear Regression Analysis
  • Marine Transportation
  • Maritime Industry
  • Operations Research
  • Regression Analysis
  • Shipping
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Transportation

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