- Title
- Port of Ngqura container key performance indicators that impact terminal operations in relation to port authority oversight
- Creator
- Mdunge, Percy
- Subject
- Coega Development Corporation
- Subject
- Performance -- Management
- Subject
- Labor productivity -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Date Issued
- 2025-04
- Date
- 2025-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/73026
- Identifier
- vital:79325
- Description
- After being pioneered by American businessman Malcolm McLean in 1956, containerised shipping has grown to be an essential component of global commerce infrastructure (Notteboom & Rodrigue, 2019). Because of the significant capital expenditure needed, shipping corporations, port operators, and freight forwarders initially opposed the changeover (Harrison, 2017). However, by the 1980s, the benefits of using containers as versatile cargo units became evident, and their use in inland and maritime freight networks grew rapidly (Broeze, 2019; Rodrigue, 2020). The world's distribution networks, and economic landscape were revolutionised, supply chains were restructured, and the globalization of production and consumption was accelerated by this expanding worldwide network of container shipping (Olivier & Hache, 2018; Levinson, 2016). From 36 million TEU in 1980 to 849 million TEU in 2021, the worldwide container port throughput has increased dramatically, placing pressure on the construction of ancillary infrastructure, including container fleets, larger vessels, expanded services, and terminals in critical locations (UNCTAD, 2021; Rodrigue & Notteboom, 2017). These terminals' footprints have expanded significantly, with some of them now capable of handling more than 5 million TEU annually (Caruzzo, 2020; Bichou, 2016). The rapid growth in container throughput has also led to increasing demands for technological advancements in port operations and logistics management, to accommodate the size and scale of these growing terminals (Ng & Lam, 2017). Moreover, the expansion of port infrastructure has been essential for maintaining the flow of global trade, particularly as containerized shipping continues to dominate international transportation networks (Panayides & Wiedmer, 2020). The container terminals act as a catalyst in global trade flows through facilitating cargo movements through different trade routes. For improving a country's competitiveness, there is a dire need for handling the productivity and operational efficiency of container terminals accordingly. Improvement strategies should be pursued for the container terminal value chain. Improvement strategies for container terminals may have positive ramifications in for port stakeholders and the shipping industry (Li et al. 2022).
- Description
- Thesis (MMM) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, School of Economics, Development and Tourism, 2025
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (89 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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