“…Although DEA has already been satisfactorily employed in other segments that are logisticsrelated -such as third-party logistics (MIN; JOO, 2006;HAMDAN;ROGERS, 2007;SENRA et al, 2007;ZHOU et al, 2008;AFFONSO, 2011), airline industry (SCHEFCZYK, 1993), airports (MELLO, 2003;PACHECO;FERNANDES, 2003;BARROS et al, 2010;FONSECA et al, 2010 Specifically concerning the trucking industry, Odeck and Hjalmarsson (1996) and Hjalmarsson and Odeck (1996) initially demonstrated the usefulness of DEA as a tool for evaluating the efficiency of trucks involved in road construction and maintenance production processes in Norway. Meja and Corsi (1999) conducted DEA analysis to assess a motor carrier's safety process, showing how this technique might be useful to carriers, regulators, and shippers.…”