OVERWORKED PORTS LOW LEVEL EFFICIENCY & PRODUCTIVITY

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Course Code: IBO – 05
Course Title: International Marketing Logistics
Assignment Code: IBO-04/TMA/2019-20
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IBO – 05 International Marketing Logistics Solved Assignment for 2019-20

Q3.) Briefly comment on the following:

c.) Overworked ports suffer from the low level of efficiency and productivity and so have become costly ports from the user point of view.

Ans: Port efficiency and productivity with respect to Indian shipping is affected by many technical and human factors. These factors are as follows:

> The Majority of Indian ports are labor-intensive causing cargo handling and dispatch delay(labor-intensive).

> Long wait time for availing berth.

> Use of obsolete equipment.

> Traffic congestion.

> Use of slow computerized applications.

> Lack of proper maintenance equipment.

> Restrictions for entry of bigger ships.

> Absence of night navigation causes delays.

> Ports modernization programs are slow.

> Less number of Container Yards, Container Freight Stations, and Warehousing facility.

> Frequent labor strikes and excess manpower.

> Proper equipment for handling containerized cargo are not easily available.

> Custom clearance and other formalities are cumbersome.