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? Commercial Harbor to collect required data. Both, qualitative and quantitative data were collected using focus group, interviews, onsite observations, and time and motion measures. The simulation models presented in this thesis were carried out with Arena software (Academic Version of Arena ). The models were used to analyze the vessel turnaround time, berth capacity, yard capacity, container dwell time, queue values, utilization of ship cranes and other container handling equipment. The results show that berth capacity seems to be the major bottleneck that creates longer queues and ship delays at Male? Commercial Harbor. Several scenarios were tested to identify the best scenario regarding ship waiting time at berth. Based on the best scenario, a project was proposed focusing on the development of an extended alongside berth at Male? Commercial Harbor. A cost benefit analysis was performed to see whether the project is financially feasible. Keywords: Simulation, Utilization, Vessel Turnaround Time, Berth Capacity, Yard Capacity, Bottlenecks. CHAPTER 1 Thesis Introduction Background Maldives is a group of islands that consists of 1190 islands, which are scattered over a distance of more than 800km situated in the Indian Ocean. It has a population 閆功喜:外文翻譯 of about 330,000 people, living in 200 different islands (Maldives Statistical Yearbook, 2020). The Maldives is a tropical country, with very flat topography, havi ng been built on sand dunes. Because of its strategic location it has been a crossroads of world trade and travel for centuries. The economy is based on fishing and tourism. A map of the Maldives is shown in Appendix A The Maldives economy is expanding rapidly, driven primarily by the booming tourism industry, which makes up over 30% of GDP (Maldives Statistical Yearbook, 2020). The lack of any real domestic production and exports consisting only of fish products result in the fact that the Maldives must i mport nearly everything for its growing population and its tourists consumption. With the number of international tourists travelling to the Maldives growing an average of % per year between 2020 and 2020 (Statistical Yearbook, 2020), cargo traffic supporting tourist consumption has and will continue to grow. Male? Commercial Harbor (MCH) handles all the international sea cargo for the country except petroleum products, which are unloaded at an offshore island for reasons of safety and storage. Regular cargo services are provided to and from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and much of Asia and the Far East. Exports are minimal so outbound international traffic via Male? consists mostly of empty containers. The performance of MCH is particularly important because, at present, it is the sole maritime gateway to the country. Therefore, any physical capacity constraints of the port, whether internal or external, affect the country?s economic development and trade. MCH can also significantly influence the supply chain performance and the logistics distribution of the country. Ports play an important role in the management and coordination of materials and information flows (Bassano, 2020). The port performance also immensely influences the lead time and the stock level of importers/distributors (Carbone amp。 運(yùn)輸是整個(gè)供應(yīng)鏈的 重要 組成部分 ,如今,港口在 材料和信息流的管理和協(xié)調(diào) 中發(fā)揮著重要