Bay Time Impact
on Port Time
Containership Bay Time:
Impact on Port Time
Theory and Practice: A Handbook
Approach provides a new method to
determine minimum containership
time at the pier. The method is
based on the dominating factor of
the containership’s beam size and
therefore the cargo bay size.


More Publications
The below publications are free.


Containership Bay Time
and Crane Productivity:
Are They on the Path
of Convergence?

Baseline Sea Time for
Containership Liner Service:
A New Method to Evaluate Voyage Time Efficiency and Performance

Shmuel Z. Yahalom
Shmuel (Sam) Zvi Yahalom is a Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Transportation in the Department of International Trade and Transportation, State University of New York Maritime College, Bronx, NY. He specializes in economics and finance of ports and terminals, maritime transportation, and
ocean shipping.

Changqian Guan
Changqian Guan is a Professor
of Maritime Logistics and Intermodal Transportation and the Assistant Department Head of the Department of Marine Transportation, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY.
About Us
Prof. Yahalom and Prof. Guan have published numerous articles together, most
recently a series of three papers: “Containership Port Time: The Bay Time Factor,”
“Containership Bay Time and Crane Productivity: Are They on the Path of Convergence?”
and “Container Moves per Lift: The Impact of Spreader Technology onBay Time and
Berth Time,” all of which became the foundation of this book.







