Abstract
This research evaluates the performance of Shahid Beheshti Port of Chabahar with emphasis on logistics indicators in 2023-2024. The current status of the port and the priorities affecting its performance were investigated, by using the combined exploratory and descriptive method and analyzing the data collected from 31 logistics indicators. The results show that the port has a good situation in the areas of "service quality", "timeliness" and "ease of access to goods", but in areas such as "customer expected quality of port services", "goods delivery time", "shipping and multimodal transport", "airport", "use of new technologies for goods tracking" and "new inspection equipment" need improvement. Also, "service quality", "customer expected quality", "quality of roads inside and outside the port", "customs operations", "use of new technologies" and "satisfaction of shipping lines and goods owners" were identified as the most effective priorities on the performance of the port, respectively. The findings of this study can help the managers and policy makers of Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti port to improve the performance and services of this port.
 INTRODUCTION
The world's ports today have witnessed various regulatory and technological changes that have caused instability and a competitive management environment in the ports sector. Currently, ports must increase performance standards in order to survive and operate in this competitive environment. Due to the activity of shipping lines and different cargo owners, there are different stakeholders in the port, which have caused the complexity of measuring the performance of the port in different dimensions. Ports play a vital role in maritime transportation. In order to better understand the performance of the port network and evaluate their status in the global supply chain, port stakeholders examine various performance indicators of ports, one of which is defined by the World Bank, which is logistics indicators.
The background of the research has been examined from both domestic and international aspects. According to the reviewed research, it was observed that the sub-branches of logistics indicators in ports have not been comprehensively identified, and in this research, by using the combination of all the indicators mentioned by different researchers, the sub-factors of logistics indicators were identified.

MATERIAL AND METHOD

Research method is a set of systematic techniques used in research. In other words, it is a guide to research and how to do it. In this section, first the research method is explained and then the steps of conducting the research are described in detail. At the end, the analytical hierarchy process and its implementation steps will be stated.
The present research has used a combination of two survey and case methods; because a questionnaire has been used to prioritize logistics indicators and a case study has been used to describe the logistics indicators effective on the performance of Shahid Beheshti port. This research has been done in two stages:

The first stage: The primary goal of this research was to identify logistics indicators that affect the performance of Shahid Beheshti port. Library method tools were used to achieve this goal. By reviewing secondary sources such as domestic and international articles, 31 logistics indicators were identified.
The second stage: The secondary goal of this research has been to prioritize the logistics index effective on the performance of Shahid Beheshti port. To achieve this goal, field method tools were used.

A total of 31 indicators were identified from the first stage, but only 28 were approved and were categorized in 6 group of factors. The main research questionnaire consists of two separate questionnaires A and B. In Questionnaire A, the secondary objective of the research (i.e. the status of Shahid Beheshti port) was evaluated in relation to logistic indicators. Finally, questionnaire B was prepared in order to prioritize the logistics indicators affecting the performance of Shahid Beheshti port using hierarchical analysis.

RESULTS

After preparing the questionnaire A and distributing it in person among the research sample, 48 of the 50 distributed questionnaires were completed by the respondents and returned to the researcher. In this section, the analysis of questionnaires has been done using descriptive and inferential statistics. In the descriptive statistics section, using Excel version 2013, the characteristics of the respondents have been checked. The second part has been done using inferential tests in SPSS version 19 software.
According to the collected data, and according to the result of the Kolmogorov-Smirinov test, the significance level of all indicators was greater than 0.05, which indicated the normal distribution of the data, therefore, the univariate T test was used in the inferential part, where H0: the status of Shahid Beheshti port in relation to each identified index is not suitable (significance level greater than 0.05) and H1: the status of Shahid Beheshti port in relation to each index identified will be suitable (significance level less than 0.05). The second questionnaire was employed to rank the importance of logistics indicators in Shahid Beheshti port.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

According to the literature and the background of the research, 28 logistic indicators affecting the performance of Shahid Beheshti Port of Chabahar were identified. To determine the status of Shahid Beheshti Chabahar port in relation to the identified logistics indicators, a one-sample T-test was used. In terms of quality of logistics services, tracking of goods, and timeliness, Shahid Beheshti Port of Chabahar has an unfavorable situation in terms of the quality expected by customers from port services and the duration of goods delivery, but in terms of the ratio of goods delivery to the missing amount, the time the transfer of goods from the port to the destination, the number of employees of each unit to respond to customers and to respond to customer complaints has a suitable situation. In terms of indicators, service quality was ranked first. After that, infrastructure and customs were placed in the second and third priorities. Tracking goods was placed in the last priority.