Port Efficiency and Operational Resilience in Sea Transportation Management
Keywords:
IoT wearables; seafarer fatigue; maritime safety; engine room operations; smart shippingAbstract
Efficient and resilient port operation is a central determinant of sea transportation performance, shaping the reliability of inter-island cargo and passenger movement in archipelagic settings. This paper examines port efficiency and operational resilience as management concerns for sea transportation, using the training and port-facing operations of Politeknik Pelayaran Sulawesi Utara (Poltekpel Sulut ) between April 2025 and January 2026 as a reflective case setting. Drawing on the international literature on container seaport efficiency determinants, port resilience frameworks, automated terminal performance, and seaport service quality, together with institutional document review and field observation at Poltekpel Sulut , the paper distinguishes efficiency, understood as throughput relative to resource input, from resilience, understood as the capacity to maintain acceptable service levels under disruption. The discussion finds that efficiency-oriented practices such as berth scheduling discipline and service-quality awareness are more readily embedded in a training institution's operational routine than resilience-oriented practices such as contingency planning for disruption, which remain comparatively underdeveloped. The paper proposes a practical framework distinguishing routine efficiency management from disruption-oriented resilience planning and argues that maritime education providers have a distinct role in building the human competency base on which both depend.
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