Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Application of Exploratory Factor Analysis Method in the Evaluating the Competitiveness of Port Services

Document Type : Original Manuscript

Authors
Hassan Jafari 1
Seyed Nasser Saeidi 1
Amer kaabi 2
Ebrahim Noshadi 3
Hamid Reza Hallafi 1
1 Department of Maritime Transport, Faculty of Economics and Management, Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Khorramshahr, Iran.
2 Department of Basic Sciences and General Courses, Faculty of Economics and Management, Khorramshahr University of Marine Sciences and Technology, Khorramshahr, Iran.
3 Department of Management, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
10.22113/jmst.2015.7945
Abstract
This applied research has been conducted to evaluate the competitiveness of port services using exploratory factor analysis and importance- performance analysis methods. First, by literature review, 53 indicators of competitiveness of port services has been identified, then exploratory factor analysis was used to ensure the effectiveness of the identified indicators. Based on the obtained results from 53 identified indicators, in the factor analysis, only 27 of indicator have loadings on the eight factors of Logistics Cost, Connectivity, Port facility, Port Service and Availability, Safety and security, Efficiency and Productivity, Reliability, Hinterland condition. The results of the importance and performance analysis showed that among of eight factors, respectively efficiency and productivity factor has the highest and Hinterland condition has the lowest the difference between the performance average from importance average. And also the Position of each factor in the quarters of the importance and performance matrix indicates that other than the second factor (Connectivity) and fifth factor (Safety and Security) all other factors located in a quarter one.
Keywords
Key Words: Competitiveness
Port services
Importance- Performance Analysis
exploratory factor analysis
Container Transport
Subjects

  • Receive Date 24 December 2012
  • Accept Date 16 September 2014
  • Publish Date 22 June 2015