Promoting productivity for Turkey’s ports

Handling mixed, transhipment and gateway cargoes and equipment intensity are the primary drivers of differences in productivity, with the number of ship shore-to-shore (STS) and mobile harbour cranes installed per metre of quay and the average number actually used to work a vessel, the key factors determining equipment intensity observed Ybema.

Layout, equipment and operations at the four largest Marmara facilities of Marport, Kumport, Yilport and Evyap were compared with APM Terminals facilities at Vridi in Port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Aqaba Container Terminal, Jordan; Khalifa bin Salman Port, Bahrain and Terminal 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Other factors affecting productivity at Marmara facilities are lengthy average container dwell times due to cargo clearance and payment processes, and the lack of adequate transportation infrastructure.