Dimension

Indicator

Sources

Observations

Capacity, access and availability

Deep-water container capacity per capita
(Twenty Foot Equivalent (TEU) per 1000 inhabitants)

Capacity:

•  Drewry Maritime Research, Global Container Terminal Operators
2011

•  MDS Transmodal, Update of UK port demand forecasts to 2030

•  Historic container traffic figures, Department for Transport, Table
PORT0499, http://assets.dft.gov.uk/
statistics/tables/PORT0499.xls

Population: ONS,
http://data.london.gov.uk/datafiles/demo
graphics/ons-mye-population-totals.xls

Geographical coverage: United Kingdom
Maximum value of those three sources was used to determine port capacity

Asset or capacity utilisation

Deep-water container capacity utilization
(Percentage of capacity)

Container traffic: Department for Transport, Table PORT0499,
http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/
tables/PORT0499.xls

Geographical coverage: United Kingdom
Container traffic converted to TEU using Department for Transport conversion factors detailed here
http://assets.Department for 
Transport.gov.uk/statistics/
series/ports/portstattechnote.pdf
using closest available port matches to deep water container terminals listed

Service quality and reliability

Lead time to import
(days from port of discharge to arrival at the consignee)

Lead time to import: World Bank's Logistics Performance Index,
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator
/LP.IMP.DURS.MD

Geographical coverage: United Kingdom
Time coverage: Data available for 2006 and 2009. 2006 data is used for base year (2005), 2009 data is used for 2010. Data is interpolated for other years.

Liner shipping connectivity index
(Index)

Liner shipping connectivity index: see Maritime indicators on the UNCTAD's database
http://unctadstat.unctad.org/
ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx

Geographical coverage: United Kingdom