The technical efficiency of Norwegian container ports: A comparison to some Nordic and UK container ports using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

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

“…These results are similar to the results of [31] that founded the variations of Norwegian ports efficiency scores which, are 1 for the efficient ports while, others score as low as 0.27. These results are also comparable with [33], where the technical efficiency of 22 European ports was estimated, and it was concluded that an average port could handle 0.40 more traffic with the some resources.…”

“…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].…”

“…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]. Wang et al, [34] Cross-sectional 57 international container ports Rios and Maçada [28] Cross-sectional 23 MERCOSUR container Terminals Cullinane and Wang [11] Cross-sectional 69 European container terminals(2002) Kaisar et al, [20] Panel 20 US container ports Al-Eraqi et al [2] Cross-sectional 22 ports in Middle East and East Africa Liu et al, [21] Panel 45 Chinese container terminals Min and Park [23] Panel 11 Korean terminals Wu and Liang [35] Cross-sectional 77 world container ports Ab-Rosas and Ru Torres [1] Cross-sectional 29 Mexican coastal ports Al-Eraqi et al, [3] Panel 22 ports in East Africa and Middle East Cullinane and Wang [12] Panel 25 leading container ports Hung et al, [16] Cross-sectional 31 container ports in Asia-Pacific region Wu and Goh [36] Cross-sectional 20 largest container ports in countries Kamble et al, [19] Cross-sectional 12 Indian ports Munisamy and Singh [24] Cross-sectional 69 major Asian Container ports Niavis and Tsekeris [27] Cross-sectional 30 Europe Demirel et al, [13] Panel data 16 Mediterranean Bichou [7] Panel data 420 International container terminals Schøyen and Odeck [31] Panel data 24 container ports in Norway, Nordic and UK Mokhtar and Shah [26] Panel data 6 Malaysien container terminals Munisamy and Jun [25] Panel data 30 Latin American Infante and Gutiérrez [18] Panel data 33 Asian Pacific region ...…”

Comparing the productivity of Norwegian and some Nordic and UK container ports - an application of Malmquist productivity index

“…Given that the Norwegian ports of this type are relatively few in number, and because it is of interest to benchmark the Norwegian ports to comparable foreign ports, we included comparable gateway ports from the Nordic countries and the UK. Schøyen and Odeck (2013) analysed the technical efficiency of Norwegian container ports for the period 2002-2008. This paper, to the contrary, extends that paper by considering the period 2009-2014, by reviewing the literature on DEA-based MPI studies on seaports and by analysing MPI decomposition, emphasising changes in technology, efficiency and scale of operations.…”

“…In the panel data collection process, we presented the data for the period 2002-2008 to each port's or terminal's administration for their update data for the period 2009-2014 and for their remarks and rectifications. The container ports identified in Schøyen and Odeck (2013) and also analysed in this study include six Norwegian (Oslo, Borg, Moss, Larvik, Ålesund and Kristiansand), three Swedish (Gothenburg, Stockholm and Helsingborg), three Danish (Aarhus, Aalborg and Fredricia), one Icelandic (Reykjavik), four Finnish (Helsinki, Turku, Rauma and HaminaKotka) and three UK ports (Southampton, Immingham and Grangemouth). In Finland the two ports of Hamina and Kotka merged into one company in 2011, with the new name Port of HaminaKotka Ltd, and therefore from 2011 onwards the port authorities had the policy to inform only overall data for the merged port.…”