TODAY WITH DEVELOPMENT OF USING containerS FOR MOVEMENTS OF CARGOES, container TERMINALS KNOWN AS COMPETITION ADVANTAGE OF EVERY PORT. THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO SUGGESTS PROPER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR container TRANSPORTATION AT KHORRAMSHAHR PORT. THEREFORE, THIS RESEARCH DONE AT 2 PHASES. AT FIRST STAGE, AFTER RECOGNIZING STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS OF KHORRAMSHAHR container TERMINAL BY AID OF BRAIN STORMY METHOD, WITH REGARDING TO POPULATION OF EXPERTS AT KHORRAMSHAHR PORT, CUSTOMS AND SHIPPING AGENCYIES (50 PERSONNES), USED KUKRAN FORMULA AND DISTRIBUTED 33 QUESTIONNAIRE BETWEEN THEM AS SAMPLE FOR CALCULATING THE WEIGHTS OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS. POSITION OF KHORRAMSHHR container TERMINAL BASED ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EVALUATION SCORES IDENTIFIED AS "SURVIVAL" WHICH IS EQUAL WITH "W-O" STRATEGIES IN SWOT MATRIX. HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED STRATEGIES FOR PENETRATION INTO POTENTIAL MARKETS AND OPTIMUM ORGANIZING OF container TERMINAL BASED ON SWOT ANALYSIS. AT SECON STAGE, THE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES FOR "Empty containerS" SURVEYED BY AID OF 10 INTERVIEWEES. INTERVIEWEES START FROM MANAGER OF KHORRAMSHAHR AGENCY OF container SHIPPING COMPANY "HOOPAD DARYA" WHICH IS ONE CLUSTERS OF IRISL. EVERY PERSON INTRODUCED OTHER PERSON FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION. AFTER GLUT OF IDEAS, BY CONSIDERING AUTHORS KNOWLEDGE AT THIS SCOPE, AUTHORS SUGGESTED MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVING Empty container MANAGEMENT, COSTS AND PROBLEMS AT KHORRAMSHAHR PORT.

THE PRESENT RESEARCH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE THE INVETERATE STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING Empty containerS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AT KHORRAMSHAHR PORT BY USING OF SWOT ANALYSIS AND QSPM APPROACH. THIS STUDY HAS BEEN PERFORMED AT TWO STAGES. FIRSTLY, STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS OF KHORRAMSHAHR PORT FOR Empty container MANAGEMENT WERE IDENTIFIED BY AID OF MANAGERS AT KHORRAMSHAHR PORT AND IT’S container TERMINAL AS WELL AS, THE MANAGER OF KHORRAMSHAHR AGENCY OF SHIPPING container COMPANY "HOOPAD DARYA".SECONDLY, POSSIBLE STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING Empty containerS ATT KHORRAMSHAHR PORT WERE PRIORITIZED BY EMPLOYING DELPHI TECHNIQUE AND QSPM APPROACH.THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH INDICATES THE PRIORITY OF SHIPPING LINES AND PORT STRATEGIES AS FOLLOWING: 1.COMPLETING "SHALAMCHEH DRY PORT" AND PRIVATE YARDS FOR SHIPPING LINES OUTSIDE AND AROUND KHORRAMSHAHR PORT.2. LAND TRANSPORTATION OF Empty container TO IMAM KHOMAYNI PORT AND LOADING THEM ON LARGER SHIPS IN THIS PORT.3. LEASING container TO OTHER ACTIVE SHIPPING LINES IN COUNTRY AND MOVING Empty containerS IN KHORRAMSHAHR PORT BY OTHER SHIPPING LINES.4. EXERTING 30 DAYS FREE WAREHOUSING FOR DECREASING COSTS OF SHIPPING LINES AND IMPROVING Empty container REPOSITIONING.5.IDENTIFYING CAPACITIES AND SOLUTIONS IN PROVINCE BY PORTS AND SHIPPING ORGANIZATION OF KHORRAMSHAHR FOR ATTRACTING AND ENCOURAGING CARGO OWNERS TO EXPORT THEIR CARGOES FROM THIS PORT TO REDUCE IMbalanceS BETWEEN IMPORT AND EXPORT AND ACHIEVE TO HIGHER EXPORT AND MARKETING PLANNING FOR DISTRIBUTING Empty container BY HEAD SHIPPING OFFICES AND AT LAST 6.SALE OF containerS.

INTRODUCTIONcontainer TERMINALS ARE THE ACCIDENT - PRONE ENVIRONMENT THAT IN CASE OF NEGLECTING THEM, SERIOUS DAMAGE TO LIVES, PORT EQUIPMENT, GOODS AND container WILL BE EXPECTED. UK P & I CLUB, ANNOUNCED THAT 20% OF THE COST OF INSURANCE LOSSES TO THE container CAUSED BY PHYSICAL DAMAGE, 14% RELATED TO TEMPERATURE, 10% DUE TO FALLING container AT SEA, 9% STOLEN AND 8% GOODS DEFICIT. THE MENTIONED CLUB BELIEVES THAT THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE container IS THE IMPROPER STUFFING OF THE GOODS IN THE container…

WITH REGARD TO THE NEW EQUIPMENT AND INNOVATION CREATES NEW HAZARDS, SO, IT IS NECESSARY TO PAY SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND HEALTH WORK IN container TERMINALS. DUE TO THE LACK OF FAMILIARITY OF WORKERS AND STAFFS WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF SAFETY, LACK OF USING THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, NONCONFORMITY WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GOODS ARRANGEMENTS, WORKING ON TOP OF THE container, TREATMENT WITH DANGEROUS GOODS, AND MANY OTHER ISSUES MANY ACCIDENTS HAPPEN THAT IN ADDITION TO IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO STRATEGIC EQUIPMENT OF container TERMINALS WHICH IS IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR THAT THERE ARE MANY CASUALTIES TOO, IN THIS REGARD, ONLY THROUGH TEACHING ABOVE MENTIONED PRINCIPLES CAN REDUCE AS MANY OF THESE ACCIDENTS. NOWADAYS, UNFORTUNATELY, A LARGE PART OF THE container TERMINAL WORKERS ARE AS WAGE AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND ON THE OTHER HAND THE CONTRACTORS REFUSE THE TRAINING OF WORKERS BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN IN THE MEANTIME IT IS THE TASK OF THE PORTS OBSERVERS THROUGH EXECUTIVE LEVERS, TO FORCE THE PRIVATE COMPANIES TO TRAIN THEIR WORKERS. HOWEVER, RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN A GOOD EFFORT BY THE SHAHID RAJAEE PORT TRAINING CENTER AND IMAM KHOMEINI PORT FOR FREE TRAINING OF STEVEDORE WORKERS. IN THIS PAPER, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SAFETY CONCEPTS, REQUIREMENTS, COORDINATION WITH OTHER SECTORS, SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH AT WORK, EDUCATION, THE ROLE OF THE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK AND DANGEROUS GOODS, THE METHOD OF ROADS DESIGN IN container TERMINAL, LIGHTING OF PORT YARDS, WORKING WITH SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OF containerS, container HANDLING AND,… THROUGH EXISTING INTERNATIONAL RULES AND ALSO SAFETY BOOK AND HEALTH AT WORK IN container OPERATION WHICH IS TRANSLATED BY ME, USEFUL ISSUES FOR REDUCTION OF INCIDENTS ARE PRESENTED.