Efficiency measurement of selected Australian and other international ports using data envelopment analysis

Tongzon, Jose L.

doi:10.1016/s0965-8564(99)00049-x

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“…This complements what has been reported in other studies [1,13,39], seaport efficiency is not necessary influenced by its cargo throughput. In addition, Al-Eraqui et al [1] studied 22 seaports in the Middle East and East African region and concluded that the small seaports (Mukalla Yemen, Bander Abbas Iran) are efficient while large seaports (Jeddah Saudi, Dammam Saudi) are inefficient.…”

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“…This involves the disaggregation of the overall efficiency model into its constituent components thereby generating better insights into the real sources of efficiency. Tongzon [39] adopted the super-efficiency DEA models to allow the ranking of the efficient seaports. Another researcher Lee et al [30] employed the recursive DEA model, which constitutes a multi stage DEA model.…”

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“…The seaport industry that carried 80 % of world international trade has been affected by this global change. In order to support trade oriented economic development, seaport authorities have increasingly been under pressure to improve seaport efficiency by ensuring that seaport services are provided on an internationally competitive basis [39]. Seaports form a vital link in the overall trading chain and consequently, seaport efficiency is an important contributor to a nation's international competitiveness.…”

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Evaluating Iberian seaport competitiveness using an alternative DEA approach

Cruz

Ferreira

2015

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the competitiveness of Iberian seaports through efficiency using an alternative DEA approach (Data Envelopment Analysis) and identifies explicit causes of inefficiency. Methods This paper applying an alternative DEA approach (three stage DEA model) to provide a more useful insight about the cause of efficiency or inefficiency of the seaports. Results and conclusions The average efficiency score under CCR equal to 83.74 meaning that, on average, the seaports analysed could operate at 83.74 % of their current levels while still returning the same output value. Unlike the ranking in terms of cargo throughput, the most efficient Portuguese seaports are Leixões and Setubal and their Spanish peers are Algeciras, Barcelona and Tarragona. This has proven what has been reported in other studies: that seaport efficiency is not necessary influenced by its cargo throughput.

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Evaluating Iberian seaport competitiveness using an alternative DEA approach

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2015

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“…Tongzon (2001) counted the number of stevedores and other employees that work in terminals. However, because the direct counting of labour inputs is not possible in most terminals, Yan et al (2009) ignored labour inputs by assuming little variation across terminal operators.…”

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Group and individual heterogeneity in a stochastic frontier model: Container terminal operators

Yip

Sun

Liu

2011

European Journal of Operational Research

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Container ports are a major component of international trade and the global supply chain. Hence, the improvement of port efficiency can have a significant impact on the wider maritime economy. This paper deconstructs a representation in the existing literature that neglects the heterogeneity of individual and group-specific terminal operators. In its place, we present a hierarchical model to make a connection between efficiency and terminal operator group characteristics. The paper develops a stochastic frontier model that controls not only individual heterogeneity but also group-specific variations. The model decomposes the total stochastic derivation from the frontier into inefficiency, individual heterogeneity, group-specific variations, and noise components, with the estimation being performed using Markov chain Monte Highlights• We decompose individual and group-specific variations in frontier analysis.• This study is at the terminal level rather than port level.• Inefficiency is overestimated by a homogeneous frontier analysis.• Terminal operator groups generate more terminal throughput.• Terminal operator groups are more efficient than individual operators.

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“…the number of seats sold) of railways. Tongzon [28] was the first to apply DEA to ports, and examined the efficiency of 16 international container ports, Sharma and Yu [29] did the same for 70 container ports using decision tree based, context dependent DEA model. Sampaio et al [30] evaluated 19 public transport companies in Brazil and Europe, Hirschhausen and Cullmann [23] investigated the efficiency of 179 German bus transit companies.…”

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confidence: 99%