» Home        Assessing productivity and performance of seaports: the importance for gateways Prof. Martin Dresner, University of Maryland, USA Abstract The key access to inland transportation corridors are seaports, as the vast majority of goods imported from abroad and exported overseas move through seaports en route to their final destinations. In choosing amongst transportation corridors, an important consideration is the performance and productivity of seaports. Highly productive ports can pass cost savings onto shippers, while high-performance seaports can reduce transit times and inventory carrying costs. Therefore, the performance and productivity of seaports are factors in determining their use and the use of corridors leading to the ports. With this in mind, an analysis of the factors affecting performance and productivity of seaports is provided, followed by a discussion of the impact of the factors on gateways and transportation corridors. « Back to Abstracts  ©2007 Center for Transportation Studies, UBC. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy