Maritime sector has played a critical role for the growth and development of the Malaysia in facilitating global trade. Malaysia rely on the sector for the import and export of goods as around 90% of the nation trade is carried through maritime transportation. Although there are increasing in trade performance, Malaysian maritime industry is still facing a hard times to safeguard Malaysia's economic interests and to retain its competitive advantage as a leading maritime nation. Therefore, this paper aims to identify, analyses and evaluate the factors that influencing Malaysian maritime industry in remaining sustainable in global trade. In order to explain how the influencing factors affect the Malaysian maritime industry, a systematic hierarchical structure was developed. Then, by employed Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique, the priorities among various criteria was determined through the judgments of experts using a set of scales. The results of this study will assist the shipping entities to cope with those challenges and for Malaysia maritime sector to remain a key enabler of international trade.

Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Literature review
    2.1 Operational issue
    2.2 Environmental issue
    2.3 Human resource issue
3. Research Methodology
4. Result and Discussion
5. Conclusion
References

• R. Md HANAFIAH(Faculty of Maritime Studies, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
• Kasypi MOKHTAR(Faculty of Maritime Studies, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
• Masha MENHAT(Faculty of Maritime Studies, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
• Izyan Munirah MOHD ZAIDEEN(Faculty of Maritime Studies, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
• Juhaizi MOHD YUSOF(Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
• Norhafiza Ilyana YATIM(Institute of Tropical Aquaculture, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu)
• Mohd Sharifuddin AHMAD(Faculty of Maritime Studies, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu) Corresponding Author