International E-publication: Publish Projects, Dissertation, Theses, Books, Souvenir, Conference Proceeding with ISBN.  International E-Bulletin: Information/News regarding: Academics and Research

Prioritization of dry Ports by using Pair comparison Technique to Enhance AHP

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Industrial Management, Islamic Azad Univercity, Firoozkooh Branch, Firoozkooh, IRAN

Res. J. Recent Sci., Volume 4, Issue (9), Pages 137-144, September,2 (2015)

Abstract

The present study, with the title of dry ports acquisition using AHP multi-variant decision-making techniques, aims to apply 5 criteria: proper access to rail and road ways near the international airports and the domestic consumption industries, proper climate conditions and near the political institutions to prioritize the construction of the dry ports in the Islamic Republic of Iran among 6 zones: Special Economic Zone of Salafchegan (Qom city), Special Economic Zone of Sarakhs (Sarakhs city), Mehriz city (Yazd province), Talayedarane Qadir Zangan (Zanjan), Aprin Group (Eslamshahr), Arvand Free Area Organization (Khoozestan), Pishgaman-e-Yazd Group (Kowsar), Dry Port Construction Plan between Tehran and Alborz provinces to construct these ports. According to site acquisition researches and the practitioners' and experts' opinions in the context of transportation (aerial, road, marine), the investors, who tend to invest on these infrastructures, are identified and the experts' opinions are applied in this project. Unfortunately, there has been no serious work on this issue and its significance and value is unknown. Although the Islamic Republic of Iran has the status of main way, particularly in Middle East, the logistic status to respond the modern transportation has not been formed properly, e.g. dry ports to decentralize the ports and accelerate the cargo transportation, etc.

References

  1. Johan Woxenius, Violeta Roso and Kenth Lumsden, Dry port concept - connecting seaports with their hinterland by rail, Department of Logistics and Transportation, Chalmers University of Technology, (2004)
  2. Ehsan Dadvar, Feasibility of establishment of Dry Ports in the developing countries- the case of Iran, Journal of Transportation Security, (2010)
  3. Navid Pardazesh, Dry Port, Scientific Technical Engineering Journal,11, (2009)
  4. Violeta Roso and Kent Lumsden, The Dry Port Concept: Moving Seaport Activities Inland?, Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific, No.78, Development of Dry ports, (2009)
  5. ESCAP, Logistics sector developments: planning models for enterprises and logistics clusters; economic and social commission for Asia and the pacific, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand, (2007)
  6. Drs. C. Macharis and Prof. A. Verbeke, The optimal location of intermodal terminals, NECTAR Conference, Delft, October, (1999)
  7. Monios J., The role of inland terminal development in the hinterland access strategies of Spanish ports, Research in Transportation Economics,(2011)
  8. FDT, Feasibility Study on The Network Operation of Hinterland Hubs (Dry port concept) to improve and modernize ports connections to the hinterland and to improve networking, (2007)
  9. Roso Violeta, Evaluation of the dry port concept from an environmental perspective: A note, Transportation Research Part D,(2007)
  10. Roso Violeta and Others, Organization of Swedish dry port terminals, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, (2006)
  11. Andrius Jarzemskis and Aidas Vasilis Vasiliauskas, Research on Dry Port Concept as Intermodal Node, Journal of Transport,22(3), 207-213 (2007)
  12. Shojaei Mohammadreza, Abbaszade Sanaz and Somayeh Aghaei Seyede, Using Analytical Network Process (Anp) Method To Prioritize Strategies Resulted From Swot Matrix Case Study: Neda Samak Ashena Company, Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, (2013)
  13. Wang Ying and Jian Wang, The optimal location of dry port: A case study of the hinterland of Western Side of the Taiwan Straits Port Group, 2010 IEEE 17Th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, (2010)
  14. Wang C.h, Wei X.Y, Research on the Dry Port Location of Tianjin Port Based on Analytic Network Process, IEEE, international seminar on Business and Information Management, 55-78 (2008)
  15. Lv R.S and Li C, Analysis on Location Selection of Dry Ports Based on ANP, IEEE, 638-641 (2009)
  16. Gorener A, Toker K and Ulucay K, Application of Combined SWOT and AHP : A Case Study for a Manufacturing Firm, 8TH International Strategic Management Conference, Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 58, 1525-1534 (2012)
  17. Xiaolin Zhang, Application of Analytic Network Process in Agricultural Products Logistics Performance Evaluation, Communications in Computer and Information Science,(2011)
  18. National Development and Reform Commission, 1864-1868 (2010)
  19. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook on the management and operation of dry ports, Geneva, (1991)