How to Analyse Case Studies

Understanding the flow of cargo vis a vis port efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Introduction

The increase in volumes of international trade calls for the use of containers as it has led to the rapid growth of cargo traffic at Tema ports for the past 20 – 25 years.this in turn has resulted in congestion at ports and delays in quick clearing of containers and general cargo .The government policies on the harbor (Tema especially)has resulted in increasing numbers of cargo/containers arriving at national ports which could not be handled effectively to decongest the port. The fluidity of inflow and outflow of cargo/containers leaves much to be desired. Today’s economy is formed by the off shoring, outsourcing and extensive use of global supply chains, to which cargo and container handling and transport have contributed significantly. Since the introduction of the first internationally-standardized container in the 1960s, container trade has grown rapidly to reach an estimated 143 million in TEU and 1.24 billion in tonnage (UNTCAD, 2008), comprising over 70% of the value of world international seaborne Trade (Drewry Shipping Consultants, 2006). At Ghapoha, the steady growth of seaborne trade within the past decade has resulted in the increase of container ships, and the resultant terminal -: for this cause sheds meant for cargo storing have been converted to terminals so as to ease the conjestion. The structure of the Shipping market is, moreover, continuously evolving. On the carrier side, shipping

Companies form consortia and alliances; on the port side, global terminal operators

and dedicated container terminals are developing.

Aims/objectives

The aim of...