Container Ports Throughput Analysis: A Comparative Evaluation of China and Five West African Countries' Seaports Efficiencies

Abstract

The measurement of the container port throughput and efficiency of China and 5 West African ports was the objective of this study. The DEA model, which is a non-parametric methodology, was applied to a number of inputs of port production and a single output. The results show that although China’s ports are the largest in terms of throughput and size, they are relatively inefficient due to over-capacity. In West Africa, it was revealed that the Tema port in Ghana was the most efficient although it displayed some operational inefficiencies with the Cotonou port in Benin been the least efficient. The results will therefore, add value to future port planning and management and performance ratings.

Case study on the Competitiveness Comparisons of Karachi Port with the Neighbouring Emerging Ports in Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean.

“…For instance, Kim, (2016) used the throughput and physical criterion to evaluate the competitiveness of ports in Korea and China. Tetteh, Yang, & Gomina Mama, (2016) compared the overall container throughput of China along with five West African ports using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to compute the efficiencies of ports that can be considered as hub ports in the region. Rezaei et al, (2019) evaluated the competitiveness of major European ports on the basis of various criteria using Best-Worst Method (BWM).…”

Efficiency Analysis with non parametric method: Illustration of the Tunisian ports

“…The table 1 show that the most popular search emerged data envelopment analysis DEA with BCC model and used Panel data as [22]; [20]; [21]; [23]; [3]; [12]; [13]; [7]; [31]; [26]; [25]; [18]; [14] and [32]. Other studies have utilized cross-sectional data to assess the efficiency of ports or terminals such as [34]; [28]; [11]; [2]; [35], [1]; [16]; [36]; [19]; [24]; [27]; [4] and [17].…”