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ABSTRACT
Seaport inefficiencies have caused hindrances on the seaport operations especially on operational disruption which eventually contributes to high cost expenses, unnecessary waste and environmental pollution, and capital losses. As a result, the business and environmental sustainability cannot be attained and affecting the whole supply chain. Therefore, a Lean, Agile, Resilience and Green (LARG) performance model is proposed as a mechanism to curb these issues and improving the competitiveness of seaports. The compatible LARG criteria in seaport supply chain have been identified and analysed using an extensive literature and expert's reviews. In order to meet the aim of the paper, fifteen (15) experts from various maritime background (i.e. academic and industry experts) have been selected to give the relative important of each LARG paradigms by using an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The result shows that operational performance has the highest contribution to the seaport supply chain performance followed by economic performance and environmental performance. The outcome of this paper can be utilised as a guideline for seaport practitioners to develop a management tool to boost their performance from the LARG aspect. Furthermore, this LARG management tool can be applied globally as it can be adjusted and adaptable suited the seaport preferences.
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Notes on contributors
Dr Nurul Haqimin Mohd Salleh is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Maritime Studies at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. His research interests lie in the area of maritime operation, ranging from uncertainty treatment to risk and reliability management, with a focus on maritime sector. In recent years, he has focused on modelling and assessing country risk for shipping operation, organisational reliability and capability of a liner shipping operator. He also developed new models for predicting a liner vessel’s punctuality (arrival and departure) under dynamic environments. Other research that he involved are environmental risk assessment, Kra canal, halal transportation, maritime health and safety, maritime supply chain, navigational security, and maritime tourism.
Ms Nur Ain Solehah Abd Rasidi is currently pursuing her Master Degree (Master of Science in Maritime Studies) with the research entitled ‘Enhancing The Sustainable Maritime Business and Environment Through Lean, Agile, Resilience and Green (LARG) Performance Model in Seaport Supply Chain Operations’. She is interested in supply chain management focusing on maritime.
Dr Jagan Jeevan’s research themes align to the University’s research agenda of maritime. His research interests focus on dynamism of seaport system, logistics and intermodal interface between seaports and the hinterlands, dry ports development and management, seaport competitiveness and intermodal terminals development strategies. Outcomes of his research are continually published in the national and international conferences, high ranking journals and book chapters. Further, Jagan have given many academic talks as an invited speaker in international and national maritime based institutions and universities. Other research interest that he has explored recently were on green ports, humanitarian logistics, seaport co-opetition, evaluation of seaports lifecycle, dry port marketing, vessel enlargement and the impact on seaport competitiveness, LARG, women in logistics, seaport quality and hinterland classification.