A stochastic frontier model of the efficiency of major container terminals in Asia: assessing the influence of administrative and ownership structures

Cullinane, Kevin; Song, Dong-Wook; Gray, Richard

doi:10.1016/s0965-8564(01)00035-0

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“…Firstly, there appears to be significant differences in performances among the seaports as illustrated from the efficiency scores ranging widely from 0.1 to 1. This finding is consistent with previous research on global seaports using DEA-CCR model (Tongzon 2001;Park and De 2004;Cullinane et al 2002). Among the best three performers, the ports are each serving a different region.…”

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confidence: 92%

Evaluations of port performances from a seaborne cargo supply chain perspective

Low¹,

Lam²

2013

Polish Maritime Research

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Previous research on port efficiency focuses primarily on the provider's perspective and assumes that maximizing the output is always desirable. This paper recognizes that maximizing the final output does not necessarily guarantee an efficient system and the notion of port efficiency and service effectiveness needs to be considered from the perspectives of both the provider and the consumer of the port service. The paper proposes a network-DEA model to evaluate the performances of 30 seaports worldwide. The concurrent consideration of efficiency scores from the network-DEA model and the traditional DEA-CCR model will offer valuable insights to port operators on how to improve port performances as part of a seaborne cargo supply chain.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Evaluations of port performances from a seaborne cargo supply chain perspective

Low¹,

Lam²

2013

Polish Maritime Research

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“…A few authors have been able to assess the efficiency of terminals within ports-which account for 80% of the handling business and often drive the choice of a port by a shipper according to De Rus et al (1995). These include Notteboom et al, 2000;Cullinane et al, 2002;Cullinane et al,2003;Cullinane et al,2004 and The information on the infrastructure side of the port business is however much more common. Analytically, this is not a difficult exercise.…”

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The European Port Industry: An Analysis of its Economic Efficiency

Trujillo

Tovar

2007

Marit Econ Logist

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Because of their critical strategic role, ports have all traditionally been subject to some form of government control even if the legal form and the intensity of this control have varied across countries. The member countries of the European Union have not been different from the rest of the world in this respect. A significant difference however is the recurrent effort to integrate, in a coordinated way, the port sector in a transeuropean transport network (TEN-T) through the adoption of a common legal framework. In this context, if the objective of the reforms is to ensure that port networks, integrated in combined transport networks, become competitors of the road network, the concept of port efficiency becomes central. This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the European Port Legislation and shows how comparative economic measures can be used to highlight the scope for port efficiency improvements, essential to allow short sea shipping transport to compete with road transport in Europe. To our knowledge, this paper is also the first effort of estimating technical efficiency of European Port Authorities. The average port efficiency in 2002 was estimated to be around 60%, denoting that ports could have handled 40% more traffic with the same resources.

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“…On the contrary, a number of studies have shown relationship between port ownership and sea-port operational efficiency [3,11,17]. Relative efficiency of a number of Asian ports was assessed by [17] using a combination of cross-sectional and panel data versions of stochastic frontier model and the finding was that there seems to be some support that privatization should have some relationship with improvement in efficiency [3]. These efforts by the researchers show that port ownership is a likely determinant of operational efficiency.…”

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“…Moreover, [16] developed stochastic frontier model and carried out comparison of efficiency level of 40 container terminals, but also failed to establish the relationship between terminal ownership, operations and efficiency level. On the contrary, a number of studies have shown relationship between port ownership and sea-port operational efficiency [3,11,17]. Relative efficiency of a number of Asian ports was assessed by [17] using a combination of cross-sectional and panel data versions of stochastic frontier model and the finding was that there seems to be some support that privatization should have some relationship with improvement in efficiency [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

Sea-Port Operational Efficiency: An Evaluation of Five Asian Ports Using Stochastic Frontier Production Function Model

Yang¹,

Khin²,

Kennedy³

et al. 2011

JSSM

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Sea-port operational efficiency is critical factor for handling of goods in the international supply chains, and is viewed to impact transportation and logistics which play an important role in trade exchange with other countries. It is important to evaluate operational efficiency of sea-ports to reflect their status and reveal their position in this competitive environment. Moreover, knowing impacts of efficiency of sea-ports on the supply chain is vital for business survival. This study uses stochastic frontier and inefficiency models to analyze sea-port operational efficiency and Delphi technique to seek expert respondents' opinion on its characteristics. The research also uses structural equation modeling to build a model of sea-port operational efficiency as a further step to examine the significance of the characteristics. The results of this study emphasize the need to improve sea-port operational efficiency, and indicate which characteristicsshould be given more attention.

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A stochastic frontier model of the efficiency of major container terminals in Asia: assessing the influence of administrative and ownership structures

Cited by 188 publications

References 38 publications

Evaluations of port performances from a seaborne cargo supply chain perspective

Evaluations of port performances from a seaborne cargo supply chain perspective

The European Port Industry: An Analysis of its Economic Efficiency

Sea-Port Operational Efficiency: An Evaluation of Five Asian Ports Using Stochastic Frontier Production Function Model

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