which is suitable ratio?
• for a great general purpose berth, an occupancy ratio of
around 0.7 could be considered about right.
• if the ratio is too large, the port is facing the serious
possibility of congestion.
• on the other hand if the ratio is too small the management
could face the criticism of over investment.
• some example;
• Le Havre considered its berth utilization factor of 67% is
too high. they decided to build six extra berths, which
estimated would bring the berth utilization factor down
to around 57%