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A 19 page paper discussing the changes in port operations to reflect greater pursuit of efficiency of operation. Any business needs to have reliable information indicating how well it is performing the tasks it needs to accomplish. Nearly all ports are government agencies that typically do not operate with the same goals of increased output with decreased costs necessary to business operation today, but all of the customers they serve operate under those constraints. Increased port performance is beneficial to the country and its people, and today’s ports should strive to attract greater numbers of customers. Not only does increase in customer traffic reduce the per-use cost of facilities, it also has the long-reaching effect of increasing the living standards of the country’s people through greater economic activity in the local area. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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19 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSportEff.rtf
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the state in which some action is undertaken and completed as expected without waste. "Waste" refers to any resource, including physical product, financial resources or time. Applied to
port operation, efficient operation includes loading and unloading cargo in a timely manner and without unnecessary, wasted action; storing inbound and outbound cargo in the most effective manner possible; and
movement of goods without wasted effort or unnecessary use of physical or human resources. Therefore, greater efficiency in port operation equates to better
port performance. Ships are loaded and unloaded without delay; all goods in storage can be located and identified immediately. The port is able to move a greater number
of ships through its available berths in a shorter period of time, increasing the revenues it gains from use of the port while simultaneously reducing its operating expenses. Port Operation
Those with the responsibility of managing storage yards and berth allocation systems have been searching for a long while for ways to make
the process and the fact more efficient. The manager of one British port mused in 1991 that his port might be more attractive if all the berths were simply
opened up to whatever ship happened by (Hill, 1991). The advent of container shipping has brought about the need for closer container yard management and efficient berth allocation, however.
Businesses all over the world are seeking ways to increase the efficiency of all aspects of their operations, and the most efficient ports can be expected to attract the
greatest amount of international shipping business. Goals of Yard Management and Berth Allocation Ports and berths were in relative short supply well before
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