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Study the affecting factors for break bulk vessel turnaround time at Port of Colombo

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dc.contributor.author Weerarathna, J
dc.contributor.author Sigera, I
dc.contributor.editor Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-18T07:55:55Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-18T07:55:55Z
dc.date.issued 2021-10
dc.identifier.citation Weerarathna, J., & Sigera, I. (2021). Study the affecting factors for break bulk vessel turnaround time at Port of Colombo. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2021 (pp. 54-56). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2021/ en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/18303
dc.description.abstract This research is mainly focused on identifying the affecting factors for break bulk Vessel Turnaround Time (VTT) at Port of Colombo and the relative importance of each factor to VTT using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. Identified eleven (1. Berths unavailability, 2. Weather conditions while vessel berthing, 3. Administrative and financial issues, 4. Pilotage delays, 5. Weather conditions while cargo handling operation, 6. Inefficiency of ship cranes, 7. Equipment breakdown, 8. Labour issues, 9. Shifts changing, 10. Cargo unavailability, 11. Cargo clearance delays) factors are categorized (as sub-criteria) into three main criteria considering break bulk vessel handling procedure. Berthing delays, cargo handling delays, cargo availability related delays are the main criteria of the AHP model. Calculated weights of main criteria and global weight of sub criteria represent the relative importance of affecting factors for VTT. Among the main criteria, cargo handling delays is the most influential factor while berthing delays is secondary. All sub factors are ranked according to their global weights. Weather conditions while cargo handling operation, shifts changing, berth unavailability and, inefficiency of ship cranes are the critical areas that needed to be considered when reducing VTT of break-bulk operations in port of Colombo. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics en_US
dc.relation.uri https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2021/ en_US
dc.subject Break bulk vessel en_US
dc.subject The Port of Colombo en_US
dc.subject Conventional cargo handling en_US
dc.subject Vessel Turnaround Time (VTT) en_US
dc.subject Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) en_US
dc.title Study the affecting factors for break bulk vessel turnaround time at Port of Colombo en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Transport and Logistics Management en_US
dc.identifier.year 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 6th International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 54-56 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.email Kpg.92.weerarathna@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email sigerai17@gmail.com en_US


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