Analysis of port authority efficiency using data envelopment analysis

Zahran, Shaher Zahran; Alam, Md. Jahir Bin; Al-Zahrani, Abdulrahem; Smirlis, Yiannis; Papadimitriou, Stratos; Tsioumas, Vangelis

doi:10.1057/mel.2015.33

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“…Typical approaches are data envelopment analysis or stochastic frontier analysis, which measure how efficiently the port transforms certain inputs into desired outputs. A comprehensive review may be found in Liu (2010) and recent applications of data envelopment analysis may be found, among others, in Lu et al (2015), Schøyen and Odeck (2013), Wu and Goh (2010), and Zahran et al (2015).…”

Section: Measuring Terminal Performancementioning

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Using GPS to measure truck service times in a container terminal

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If a truck is equipped with GPS, one can programmatically track its movement within the container terminal. It is then possible to identify the yards that were visited, infer the types of containers dropped off or picked up, and measure the time spent stopped in each yard, as well as the time spent driving. This allows a much more granular measurement of terminal service times than the commonly reported aggregate statistic ''truck turn-time.'' Furthermore, the process requires no resources from the terminal. Our methodology is adapted from map-matching, which attempts to align a sequence of GPS readings with a road network. In this case, we attempt to align GPS readings with each of the typical sequences of terminal operations, so as to find the most likely sequence.

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Section: Measuring Terminal Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Using GPS to measure truck service times in a container terminal

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“…Nonparametric approaches, like Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), do not require such restriction and models can be calibrated using few samples. Due to its simple and flexible structure DEA has evolved as the most suitable tool for assessing efficiency of production entities (Zahran et al,2015).…”

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“…Particularly for the gulf countries, performance of the ports are very significant as their economy heavily relies on exports and imports. Zahran et al (2015) compared performance of Saudi ports with ports of other countries using revenue as output variable. The authors reported widely varied efficiencies for different model specifications and suggested for further studies in this regard.…”

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“…Also, analysis of port performance becomes more challenging due to unavailability of data, lack of transparency and varied operational procedures (Zahran et al, 2017). Usually port authorities rely on wide range of modelling frameworks for port operational management and planning (Zahran et al, 2015). Parametric and non-parametric approaches are the two broad categories of modeling framework that are extensively used in port performance analysis.…”

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Performance Analysis and Classification of the Ports in Gulf Countries Using Data Envelopment Analysis

Hamdi¹

2019

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The study assesses relative efficiency and performance characteristics of the major ports in gulf countries using data envelopment analysis (DEA). Ports play key role in economic activities of these countries. The study reveal that technical efficiency of the ports in the region varies widely with mean constant and variable return to scale of 67.5 and 91 percent, respectively. Port Jabel Ali in UAE is identified as the benchmark for most of the inefficient ports indicating that the inefficient ports of the region should follow operational strategies of Port Jabel Ali. Also, all the inefficient ports of the region demonstrate increasing return to scale implying that their performance may improve with the scale of operation. Policy makers may consider investment to enhance operational scope of these ports. ABSTRACT AJTL: https://escipub.com/american-journal-of-transportation-and-logistics/ 1 Amin S. Hamdi, AJTL, 2019; 2:13 AJTL: https://escipub.com/american-journal-of-transportation-and-logistics/ 2

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“…Cheon et al, [6] analyzed the relationship between environmental and economic efficiency of 10 important ports of the United States using data envelopment analysis and found a close link between environmental efficiency and port economic productivity. Zahran et al, [19] analyzed the efficiency of port authorities in terms of monetization mechanism using two different modeling approaches, activity and infrastructure. Grigoroudis and Petridis [9] used DEA method to estimate countries' environmental efficiency using slack-based model under the consideration of constant returns to scale and variable returns to scale method.…”

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