Impact of the COVID Pandemic on the Icelandic Cruise Ports

Maritime sectors have always been dealing with uncertainties and disruptions. The COVID pandemic confronted the cruise industry with severe and wide-ranging challenges on port infrastructure, operation, and services. Understanding the port performance before, during, and aftermath of the disruption helps stakeholders to increase the preparedness...

Framework for Dealing with Uncertainty in the Port Planning Process

Ports are complex engineering systems that have always been evolving to satisfy the new or changing demands of stakeholders. However, the ever-growing complexity in port sectors in a volatile environment creates a high degree of uncertainty in port planning projects. This study presents a structured framework to deal with uncertainties in the...

A value-based definition of success in adaptive port planning: a case study of the Port of Isafjordur in Iceland

Multiple stakeholders with a wide range of objectives are engaged in a port system. Ports themselves are faced with many uncertainties in this volatile world. To meet stakeholder objectives and deal with uncertainties, adaptive port planning is increasingly being acknowledged. This method offers robust planning, and thereby, a sustainable and...

Stakeholder salience and prioritization for port master planning, a case study of the multi-purpose Port of Isafjordur in Iceland

The dynamic and ever-increasing complex nature of a port system involves a variety of stakeholders with a broad spectrum of involvement and objectives. In the port master planning, to fulfill the objectives of the various stakeholders and manage conflicts and controversies, a stakeholder analysis is carried out. However, effective and timely...

Stakeholder’s Value Identification for Adaptive Port Planning: Case Study of Port of Ísafjordur in Iceland

Flexible and Adaptive Port Planning (PPT): Case Study of Port of Isafjordur