Sustainability Ranking of the Iranian Major Ports by Using MCDM Methods

The maritime industry is moving towards a sustainable supply chain (SSC), intending to increase the quality of logistics and make more profit. sustainability (MSC) in Iran one topics that has not been widely studied. Ports play crucial role promoting Iran’s position international transit products, strengthening economic, social, environmental connections with neighboring eastern northeastern countries, improving GDP, free zone national development country. Port essential elements government’s strategic planning developing activating East axis. It special priority line government policies based on deprivation elimination people’s living standards. This paper considers five significant ports are part economic zones studies those ports. In this research, different multi-criteria decision-making methods were applied solve sustainability-ranking problem major Iranian First all, by using SWARA method, sub-criteria loading unloading oil, pier length, population obtained highest scores environmental, social aspects sustainability, respectively, which shows they had greatest impact assessment Finally, MARCOS CoCoSo techniques most similar all three dimensions both seemed be suitable for evaluating Furthermore, implementation sensitivity analysis definition scenarios port evaluation high efficiency method determined solving port-ranking problem. According results, criteria effective have largely Astara, Bushehr, Imam Khomeini Based several managerial insights better decisions also revealed.