Abstract:
The present study was performed to investigate the effect of commercial and operational factors on competitiveness improvement of Shahid Beheshti Port (SBP) in Chabahar in attracting shipping lines. The research method is applied in terms of purpose. Initially, the researcher conducted the qualitative phase to identify important variables, create a typology, or make new theories. To reach the saturation stage, 15 people were interviewed. Then, after identifying emerging classifications using qualitative data, a questionnaire was developed through the Delphi technique, and thus, the quantitative phase began. To test its items, patterning of the structural equation model was used via Lisrel software. Findings showed that commercial factors affecting SBP competitiveness improvement included financial capital and customer capital, port costs and tax burden, market efficiency and market performance. In addition, technical-developmental infrastructures, technological infrastructures, warehousing activities, loading and unloading operations, customs activities and services, communication and distribution networks, trust and safety in port activities, and port logistics features were the operational factors affecting this competitiveness. It was discovered that existence of abundant capacities and potentials in various transportation departments of SBP, quantitative and qualitative increase of equipment, as well as the development of new capacities in infrastructure and fleet of railways, roads, offshore and port loading/unloading equipment have relatively improved levels of loading/unloading in SBP, which can be attributed to successful execution of measures taken to develop competitiveness in SBP.
Machine summary:
Investigating the Effect of Commercial and Operational Factors on Competitiveness Improvement of Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar in Attracting Shipping Lines Mohammad Saeid Arbabi Department of Business Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Hossein Vazifehdoust Department of Business Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author) h-vazifehdoust@srbiau.
ir Karim Hamdi Department of Business Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Received: 12 March 2019 Accepted: 22 July 2019 The present study was performed to investigate the effect of commercial and operational factors on competitiveness improvement of Shahid Beheshti Port (SBP) in Chabahar in attracting shipping lines.
Findings showed that commercial factors affecting SBP competitiveness improvement included financial capital and customer capital, port costs and tax burden, market efficiency and market performance.
Findings of commercial factors affecting competitiveness improvement of SBP {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} Note: = / / I-CVI: Item-level Content Validity Index CVR: ContentValidity Ratio These means indicate that the status of all of the four variables is higher than the average.
Factor analysis of indicators related to the operational factors affecting the competitiveness increase of Shahid Beheshti port of Chabahar is presented in Table 5.
Conclusions The results of this study showed that the main factors have a significant role in increasing the competitiveness of Shahid Beheshti port of Chabahar in attracting shipping lines.
Dual factors affecting the competitiveness of Shahid Beheshti port of Chabahar include commercial factors and operational factors.