Comparing two judgment scales of AHP with a case study: reaching a decision on a dry port location
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Comparing two judgment scales of AHP with a case study: reaching a decision on a dry port location Murat Saka 1
& Oktay
Cetin 2
Received: 15 December 2019 / Accepted: 20 August 2020/ # World Maritime University 2020
Abstract Determining the most appropriate location for a new dry port installation is generally a very complex and sensitive process that requires reasoned consideration of many criteria. In this article, we aimed to determine the best location for a dry port that would support the container terminals within the hinterland of Kocaeli ports by applying analytic hierarchy process (AHP) with a case study. The city of Kocaeli, located in the northwest part of Turkey, is the second rank after Istanbul in terms of export capacity. We identified a total of five locations as the candidates of a dry port in the Gulf of Kocaeli. After reviewing the literature and taking the opinions of the 85 experts from the relevant sectors, we developed seven criteria to be a basis in the AHP study and weighted the factors. We carried out the pairwise comparisons, in relation to the knowledge gained through the survey. Two different judgment scales— the Saaty’s fundamental scale and the balanced scale—were used in the pairwise comparison stage. After the comparisons, the variance related to the consistency ratios and the range of the sensitivity was also observed. In conclusion, at the end of this AHP, one of the options has remarkably placed the top rank for the most suitable location of a new dry port. It is assessed that the arguments for the criteria of the method in this study can be taken as a sample for future studies in different regions of the world. Keywords Dry port . Analytic hierarchy process . Judgment scales . Turkish case study .
Transportation strategy
* Murat Saka [email protected]
1
Maritime Higher Vocational School, Pîrî Reis University, Istanbul, Turkey
2
Maritime Faculty, Pîrî Reis University, Istanbul, Turkey
Saka M., Cetin O.
1 Introduction Transport is the foundation of global trade, and the world is interconnected through global trade on the basis of a transportation industry (WMU 2019). Among the transportation types, maritime transport remains the backbone of globalized trade, as more than 80% of world merchandise trade by volume is carried by sea (UNCTAD 2019). The advent of the container has been an important development in shaping not only the maritime transportation but also the inland transportation. Containerization and intermodal transportation systems have substantial effects on structuring the ports and developing their operation capabilities (Hayut 1981). Transportation between seaport and inland terminal has become significant due to the increased freight traffic stemming from globalization and containerization (Gonzalez-Aregall and Bergqvist 2019). The rising number of container flows from and to seaports has caused congestion in terminals (Roso et al. 2009; Jeevan et al. 2018) and bottlenecks in the inland transportation system (Chang et al. 2015). The increase of conta
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