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Résumé :
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The importance of well-functioning seaports for industrial activity, merchandise trade, globalized production processes and economic growth cannot be overemphasized. Global ports handle over 80 per cent of global merchandise trade in volume and more than two thirds of its value. Ports are considered as key nodes in global transport chains that provide access to markets, support supply chains, and link consumers and producers. Growing competitive forces affecting ports emphasize the need for greater performance levels. Understanding the performance of ports helps inform relevant port-related planning and decision-making processes. Efforts should be pursued to refine port performance measurements, including by investing in data collection capabilities and supporting information and communications technology platforms that lower data collection and analysis costs. However, Findings in the literature have concluded that the local measurement systems currently used are limited because the focus is on measuring efficiency, especially for containerized cargo and terminals. Often, key variables have been ignored and there is focus on improving productivity rather than performance. The aim of this research is to analyze current performance measurement systems and addresses the issue of how it can be developed to measure the performance of ports more effectively.
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