The Brazilian fast growing economy has been largelydependent on its freight transport capacity. A recent study has cat-egorised the country’s containership sea port terminals into threedistinct groups based on the competitiveness criteria (listed in thetable below), and their scores against the competitiveness criteria(scores between 1 and 10, and the higher scores are the better): TERMINAL GROUPSCRITERIA OFCOMPETITIVENESS23Number of containers handled147Berth length495Number of berths4.6Delay time for mooring3Berth depth23Terminal tariffs4Medium consignment rate346Medium board24Delay time for load/unload266Adapted from: Cabral, A. M. R., & de Sousa Ramos, F. (2014).Cluster analysis of the competitiveness of container ports inBrazil. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 69,423–431.If all criteria have the same level of significance, which terminalgroup is the best choice for a containership line?4.

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The Brazilian fast growing economy has been largely

dependent on its freight transport capacity. A recent study has cat-
egorised the country’s containership sea port terminals into three

distinct groups based on the competitiveness criteria (listed in the
table below), and their scores against the competitiveness criteria
(scores between 1 and 10, and the higher scores are the better):

TERMINAL GROUPS
CRITERIA OF
COMPETITIVENESS
2
3
Number of containers handled
1
4
7
Berth length
4
9
5
Number of berths
4.
6
Delay time for mooring
3
Berth depth
2
3
Terminal tariffs
4
Medium consignment rate
3
4
6
Medium board
2
4
Delay time for load/unload
2
6
6
Adapted from: Cabral, A. M. R., & de Sousa Ramos, F. (2014).
Cluster analysis of the competitiveness of container ports in
Brazil. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 69,
423–431.
If all criteria have the same level of significance, which terminal
group is the best choice for a containership line?
4.

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