Container Port Performance Index 2020 : A Comparable Assessment of Container Port Performance / World Bank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Bank, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

International trade--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Container Port Performance Index 2020

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2021.

Summary:

Maritime transport is the backbone of globalized trade and the manufacturing supply chain, with more than four-fifths of global merchandise trade (by volume) carried by sea. Accordingly, how a maritime port performs is a crucial element in the cost of international trade for a country. Despite the centrality of the port to global value chains, one of the major challenges to stimulating improvement has been the lack of a reliable, consistent, and comparable basis on which to compare operational performance across different ports. The introduction of new technologies, increased digitization, and the willingness of industry interests to work collectively toward systemwide improvements has now provided the opportunity to measure and compare container port performance in a robust and reliable manner for the first time. This technical paper, which presents the inaugural edition of the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI 2020), has been produced by the World Bank's Transport Global Practice, in collaboration with IHS Markit. The CPPI is intended to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement that will ultimately benefit all stakeholders from shipping lines to national governments to consumers.

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Publisher Number:

10.1596/37538