A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON PORT OF HARBOUR EXPANSION EVALUATION: LUMUT PORT CASE STUDY

Abstract

Port expansion is needed because every day, the number of customers will increase; this is very important to make sure the capacity of the Port can cover the increasing number of customers and to make sure they get better service which is minimal turnaround time and eliminate the working downtime in the Port. This study has been isolated into two, where this target demonstrates the factor of the port expansion and formulate the expansion algorithm. This is because customers like faster service so that they can run their business smoothly. Marine terminal operation can be enhanced by the new range of new support services that can be more beneficial to the Port itself. All related factors are highlighted by previous research work. This research was conducted through a systematic literature review of journal articles on the factor of the port expansion and their implementation limitations. This research comes out with the new formulation for the expansion algorithm for the Lumut Port expansion. In this research, the questionnaire is used to collect the information, and the result is very encouraging. Further, the data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software to confirm the results. The study provided recommendations based on these results for the future implications for academicians and practitioners.