What are the factors to be considered in allocating a berth to an incoming ship to a port?

Question

When a ship comes to a port for berthing what are the things they consider before allocating a quay space to the ship

Answer 1

The factors include, type of ship, type of cargo, size of ship, draft of ship, contract, and customer. Container ships go to container terminals, Car Carriers go to auto terminals, Oil Tankers go to Oil terminals, Orange Juice tankers to juice terminals . Bulkers go to cargo specific terminals i.e scrap, gypsum, agregate, lumber, coal, grain docks etc..