Seaport Continuity Modelling Toward Pandemic Disaster Preparedness in the Future

A seaport is an important economic and logistics node for any country. It provides opportunities for country development, deepening regional cooperation and promoting prosperity in the global supply chain. Seaports around the world are facing difficulty, congestion and delays, especially during the...

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Main Authors: Keng Bin Loke, Lai Fatt Chuah, Mohd Saiful Izwaan Saadon, Norlinda Mohd Rozar, Zhang Qiang, Mohd Tahir Mohd Azis, Nurul Hani Amirah Rahim, Anuar Abu Bakar, Mokhtar Kasypi, Mohd Azhafiz Abdullah
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Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2024-12-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/15014
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author Keng Bin Loke
Lai Fatt Chuah
Mohd Saiful Izwaan Saadon
Norlinda Mohd Rozar
Zhang Qiang
Mohd Tahir Mohd Azis
Nurul Hani Amirah Rahim
Anuar Abu Bakar
Mokhtar Kasypi
Mohd Azhafiz Abdullah
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Lai Fatt Chuah
Mohd Saiful Izwaan Saadon
Norlinda Mohd Rozar
Zhang Qiang
Mohd Tahir Mohd Azis
Nurul Hani Amirah Rahim
Anuar Abu Bakar
Mokhtar Kasypi
Mohd Azhafiz Abdullah
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description A seaport is an important economic and logistics node for any country. It provides opportunities for country development, deepening regional cooperation and promoting prosperity in the global supply chain. Seaports around the world are facing difficulty, congestion and delays, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Not only that, thousands of seafarers were also stranded at sea due to restrictions and prevention purposes, as well as seaports facing shortages of manpower, equipment and containers. The resulting supply chain bottlenecks hampered economic recovery. While the pandemic seems to be over, it may come again, new deadly germs may appear in the future. European researchers have isolated 13 new viruses from seven different ancient Siberian permafrost samples. Their study highlighted climate change melting the permafrost which revived a host of zombie and contagious viruses. Seaports should gradually shift to a “just in case” supply chain model and establish seaport continuity modelling to ensure sustainability and practicability of the operating system for future outbreaks. Survey activity and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis are used to determine the priority criteria of seaport continuity modelling and then a modelling is established based on the findings results. Initial results show that port efficiency (0.4352), port digitalization (0.3435) and port resilience (0.2213) are the main criteria for the establishing of the modelling. While port community system (0.1486) is the first sub-criterion, marine operation, terminal operation and hinterland operation (0.1451) are the second sub-criterion, artificial intelligence (0.1160) is the third sub-criterion, among others. The establishment of seaport continuity modelling can minimize the negative impacts for future pandemics and strengthen seaport capabilities in times of uncertainty.
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spelling doaj-art-697d8eccb9ca49cc9011662f5db2ffc02024-12-25T00:40:15ZengAIDIC Servizi S.r.l.Chemical Engineering Transactions2283-92162024-12-01114Seaport Continuity Modelling Toward Pandemic Disaster Preparedness in the FutureKeng Bin LokeLai Fatt ChuahMohd Saiful Izwaan SaadonNorlinda Mohd RozarZhang QiangMohd Tahir Mohd AzisNurul Hani Amirah RahimAnuar Abu BakarMokhtar KasypiMohd Azhafiz AbdullahA seaport is an important economic and logistics node for any country. It provides opportunities for country development, deepening regional cooperation and promoting prosperity in the global supply chain. Seaports around the world are facing difficulty, congestion and delays, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Not only that, thousands of seafarers were also stranded at sea due to restrictions and prevention purposes, as well as seaports facing shortages of manpower, equipment and containers. The resulting supply chain bottlenecks hampered economic recovery. While the pandemic seems to be over, it may come again, new deadly germs may appear in the future. European researchers have isolated 13 new viruses from seven different ancient Siberian permafrost samples. Their study highlighted climate change melting the permafrost which revived a host of zombie and contagious viruses. Seaports should gradually shift to a “just in case” supply chain model and establish seaport continuity modelling to ensure sustainability and practicability of the operating system for future outbreaks. Survey activity and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis are used to determine the priority criteria of seaport continuity modelling and then a modelling is established based on the findings results. Initial results show that port efficiency (0.4352), port digitalization (0.3435) and port resilience (0.2213) are the main criteria for the establishing of the modelling. While port community system (0.1486) is the first sub-criterion, marine operation, terminal operation and hinterland operation (0.1451) are the second sub-criterion, artificial intelligence (0.1160) is the third sub-criterion, among others. The establishment of seaport continuity modelling can minimize the negative impacts for future pandemics and strengthen seaport capabilities in times of uncertainty.https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/15014
spellingShingle Keng Bin Loke
Lai Fatt Chuah
Mohd Saiful Izwaan Saadon
Norlinda Mohd Rozar
Zhang Qiang
Mohd Tahir Mohd Azis
Nurul Hani Amirah Rahim
Anuar Abu Bakar
Mokhtar Kasypi
Mohd Azhafiz Abdullah
Seaport Continuity Modelling Toward Pandemic Disaster Preparedness in the Future
Chemical Engineering Transactions
title Seaport Continuity Modelling Toward Pandemic Disaster Preparedness in the Future
title_full Seaport Continuity Modelling Toward Pandemic Disaster Preparedness in the Future
title_fullStr Seaport Continuity Modelling Toward Pandemic Disaster Preparedness in the Future
title_full_unstemmed Seaport Continuity Modelling Toward Pandemic Disaster Preparedness in the Future
title_short Seaport Continuity Modelling Toward Pandemic Disaster Preparedness in the Future
title_sort seaport continuity modelling toward pandemic disaster preparedness in the future
url https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/15014
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