Case study on the Competitiveness Comparisons of Karachi Port with the Page 12 Neighbouring Emerging Ports in Received: 10 June 2020 Revised: 18 Aug 2020 Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. Revised: 11 Sep 2020 Accepted: 24 Sep 2020 Raja Awais Liaqaita a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan; Email:
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[email protected] d Salman Sagheer Warsi d Department of Mechanical Engineering, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan Abstract Purpose: This study evaluates competitiveness of emerging ports located in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. Traditionally, ports operational efficacy is evaluated only on basis of throughput, a case in point being the Lloyds International Port ranking. However, we do not concur with this approach and adopt a multi- criteria methodology. NBR Methodology: Three criteria - throughput, physical infrastructure, and performance are used to assess the operational efficacy of the ports. TOPSIS augmented with the NUST Business Review NBR- NBS20061001 “entropy weight” is used to devise weights for the chosen criteria and overall Vol. 02, No. 01 operational efficacy for each port is calculated. 10, 2020 pp. 12-42 Results: The study revealed that infrastructure plays a critical role in the overall © NUST Business School operational efficacy of the port. Karachi port is behind the contemporary ports in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf because of its inadequate infrastructure.