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Fuzzy Risk Assessment on Berth Operation at Sapangar Bay Container
Terminal
Johazwan B. Amir
Dr Nurul Haqimin Mohd Salleh
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
Port operations are the crucial activities to transport the goods around the world.
However, these activities are prone to being risk-oriented. Safety operation at port is
the significant issue in the field of maritime safety. Between 2014 and 2015, accidents
during berth operations are increased globally. Concerning about the issue, this paper
carried out of safety risk assessment at berth operation. As a result, the aim of this
research is to identify and assess safety risk factors at berth operation and further, to
suggest mitigation strategies for minimizing these risks. Therefore, an Analytical
Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Evidential Reasoning (ER) approaches are used in this
study. AHP has been used in weighting the importance of each factors. Then, the ER
approach is proposed to deal with uncertain decision knowledge in multiple-attribute
decision making. In order to demonstrate the proposed assessment model, Sapangar
Bay Container Terminal has been chosen as the test case. Based on the assessment,
the result has shown that operational risks during cargo loading and unloading are the
main risk that have been highlighted as critical risks, followed by operational risks during
berthing and unberthing and operational risks during berth to yard transfers. It is
suggested that the risk mitigation can be focused on the highlighted risks at Sapangar
Bay Container Terminal. This study is expected to assist port operators and other related
entities to enhance the safety awareness by implementing the fuzzy risk assessment on
their berth operation.
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