Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to test the 5GP concept with measurement of the performance of Busan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai ports, employing a hybrid method of consistent fuzzy preference relation (CFPR), VIsekriterijumska Optimizacija i KOmpromisno Resenje (VIKOR) and PROMETHEE.Design/methodology/approachThe authors developed the concept of the fifth generation ports (5GPs), and apply CFPR, VIKOR and preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE) to evaluate the 5GPs.FindingsThe performance of the ports of Hong Kong and Singapore is close to meet the definition of 5GP criteria. On the contrary, ports of Busan and Shanghai are still behind the 5GP stage in light of the majority of the evaluation criteria’s performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper studies four ports. More empirical tests are needed to verify the applicability of the 5GP concept toward other ports.Practical implicationsThe findings provided port managers with the insight of how to improve their port to meet the criteria of 5GP.Social implicationsNew criteria and higher expectations of existing requirements present challenges to port managers for a need to raise the bar of service standards and develop new competencies.Originality/valueThe authors developed the concept of the 5GPs. Newly developed 5GP contributes to expanding the concepts of first to fourth generation ports developed by UNCTAD.
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