Deciding Factors For Establishment Of Container Terminal

At the planning stage to establish any container terminal, some basic mistakes are made by the senior management and port planners in some cases. Most of the time mistakes are made because they relied on their previous operational experiences. Port planners are always thinking about the present scenario of business and trade. They always want to fulfil the needs of present trade. But it is important before establishing any container terminal that port planner or container terminal planner has to project the trade and trade related activities for coming 50 years and more. So to decide this long future years planning for the container terminal we have to think about many factors and key factors. As per experts of container terminals and trade these are some factors which support the better planning for establishment of a container terminal. These key factors are as follows:- Area factors Availability of updated handling equipments Traffic forecasting Hinterland changes Technical change