Modelling Container Terminal Resilience Measurement by Considering Hinterland Losses

Abstract

Due to its significance, specifically in archipelagic countries, seaports have been long believed to play a considerable role in the freight transport network. The ongoing expansion of world trade also promotes container transport, which offers a more efficient movement process. Therefore, over the years, numerous studies elaborated the framework concept and practical strategies to improve the efficiency of container terminal (CT). However, CT is recently challenged by reliability issues resulting from natural disasters and disruptive man-made events. The resilience level of CT is then substantially required to investigate its system ability to handle disruption events. Since CT disruption directly impacts the hinterland, this paper then proposes a model to measure CT resilience by considering the hinterland losses, which are rarely explored. This paper also incorporates the customs process, the transport link between CT and hinterland, and its quantitative measurement for calculating hinterland losses. To represent the uncertain condition of transport links, the Monte Carlo simulation structure is invoked to generate the random probability event.