Research On Bq’s Berth Investment Decision

Wth the increase of international bulk shipping trade volume and the intensification of the trend of large-scale bulk carriers,higher requirements have been placed on the facilities and equipment resources of bulk terminals.Bulk terminals are facing a more severe competitive environment.According to the field survey data of bq company,the number of bulk berths of bq company can no longer meet the operation demand.Therefore,bq company needs to invest in berth to improve their service level and competitiveness.Formulate a scientific and effective berth investment decision can significantly reduce the total waiting time for all ships entering and leaving port,speed up the turnover efficiency of ships in ports,and increase the utilization of related resources for bulk cargo terminals.At the same time,it can bring benefits to the port,and improve customer and ship company’s satisfaction.First of all,this paper analyzes the current situation of bq company and predicts the throughput in the next few years,thus expounds the problem of bq company berth investment decision.Next,this article discusses the influencing factors of the berth investment programme,including the handling capacity,market demand,economic benefits,the characteristics of the ships,terminal balancing operations,and terminal infrastructure,and provides a theoretical basis for the establishment of the indicator system.Then,this paper establishes a program evaluation index system from three aspects of return on investment,service level and cost,among which the first level indicators are return on investment,service level and cost,the second level indicators are the average waiting time of big ships,the maximum waiting time of big ships,the average waiting time of small ships,the maximum waiting time of small ships.What’s more,according to the analytic hierarchy process,the paper determines the weight of each indicator and introduces the method of obtaining index values.Finally,combined with actual survey data,the paper uses the above methods and index weights to obtain the comprehensive scores of programs by expert scoring,and selects bq company berth investment decision optimization program by comparing and analyzing each program.The results show that the method proposed in this paper can provide a theoretical reference for solving the problem of bq company berth investment decision,and create economic benefits for bq company.