Analysing the Relative Efficiency of Container Terminals of Mercosur using DEA

Rios, Leonardo Ramos; Maçada, Antônio Carlos Gastaud

doi:10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100168

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“…Land (size of the terminal area), equipment (facilities, buildings, and cargo lifting equipment), labor (the expenses of employees of the port authorities, stevedores, and other types of labor), and management capability are considered to be significant factors affecting container port productivity [8,35]. According to past studies, container terminal area, the berth length, and the number of equipment such as quayside gantries, yard gantries, and straddle carriers, are usually used as input variables, while container throughput is used as the main output variable [8][9][10][11][36][37][38][39][40][41].…”

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Regional Port Productivity in APEC

Yuan

Goh

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:The regional growth of the goods and services trade has placed greater pressure on the ports of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members, especially in the developing countries. The purpose of this study is to apply the generalized metafrontier Malmquist productivity index (gMMPI) to compare the port productivity of developed countries (DCs) and developing countries (LDCs) in APEC. The results indicate that, first, the average rate of utilized capacity among the ports of APEC members was only 65.7% during 2002-2011, which means that another 34.3% of additional through put can be handled with the same level of resources. Second, the average productivity of the container ports in the DCs appeared to be higher than those located in the LDCs. The main sources of productive growth in the DCs were based on scale efficiency change (SEC), technical efficiency change (TEC), and potential technological relative change (PTRC), while the main source of productive growth in LDCs was based on SEC. Third, SEC appeared to be the dominant factor that affects the utilization of all ports.

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Section: Input and Outputmentioning

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Regional Port Productivity in APEC

Yuan

Goh

et al. 2016

Sustainability

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“…Numerous studies have discussed the success of the port reforms in the region (Hoffmann, 2001;Kent and Hochstein, 1998;Tongzon and Heng, 2005;Estache et al, 2002;. Efficiency gains from port reform in the Latin American Caribbean port system have been widely studied (Morales et al, 2013, Estache, et al, 2004Barros, et al, 2012;Rios and Maçada, 2006;Wilmsmeier et al, 2006). While these studies identify advances and improvements in port efficiency through private sector involvement, results in the global literature on the relationship between port efficiency and private sector involvement vary and are sometimes even contradictory as recently discussed by Gong et al (2012) and Bichou (2013).…”

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Container Ports in Latin America: Challenges in a Changing Global Economy

Lam¹

2016

Dynamic Shipping and Port Development in the Globalized Economy

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“…The study concluded that most efficient ports are those which are smaller size and managed under a more centralized regime. Rios and Macada [10] analysed the relative efficiency of container terminals of Mercosur using Data Envelopment Analysis. This study found that 60% of the terminals were efficient in the 3-year period.…”

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The Size Effect of Indian Major Ports on its Efficiency Using Dea-Additive Models

Rajasekar¹,

Deo²

2012

IJAME

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The main aim of this paper is to find out the size effect and its efficiency of Indian Major Ports using DEA -Additive models. The hypothesis is tested in this paper size is not a determinant factor of port efficiency. The findings based on 1993-2011 data shows both bigger ports (Mormugao, JNPT) as well as smaller ports (Ennore, Tuticorin) had efficient port operations. This paper also found that JNPT had operated as super efficient port among the major port in India through DEA -A&P. Keywords: Additive Models, Data Envelopment Analysis, Major ports in India. PreludeLogistics plays an important role in the country's economic development. Logistics have an effect on productivity, distribution efficiency, interest rates, energy availability and energy costs [1]. As logistics become more and more important for a country's international competitiveness in an industry, the race for an international logistical hub is increasingly fierce. India spends about 14 percent of its GDP on logistics sector [2]. A report by the Asia Development Bank (2007) that on this current trend, 2 billion tons of cargo to be pass through the Indian Ports in the year 2015-16. This projected that, the volume of goods entering and leaving the goods, India's ports will increase significantly. It meant that the capacity as well as the efficiency of the ports not overlooked and should be made to the priority of Indian ports and its facilities. The main strategy used to decrease the international port competitiveness is the 'mega hub port'. This strategy brought down from the principle of 'economies of scale'-the faith on that a bigger port would have guaranteed for better efficiency in handling cargo and also attracts more volume of international shipment. However, some of the studies argued that the size is not a determinant factor for achieve better efficiency, because some bigger ports might actually become a source of inefficiency [3][4]. So it is necessary to study the port efficiency in respect of its efficiency. Literature ReviewData envelopment analysis (DEA) has been applied to measure the relative efficiency of DMUs of many studies. Data envelopment analysis in their studies of port sector. US and Canadian region. From the study it is suggested that rail, roads connections improve significantly the port productivity. The study concludes that bigger ports are efficient.In the light of above literature reviews it was observed that, most of the authors have used DEA for measuring the port efficiency but there were no much studies targeting on Indian Ports and their efficiency. Hence, this study attempts to measure the relative efficiency of Indian Major Ports using DEA -Additive CRS & VRS and DEA -A & P super efficiency model. Methodology Objective and DataThe main objective of the paper is to find out size effect of Indian Major Ports on it efficiency using DEA-Additive models. The analysis is closely relates to size and the efficiency of ports with the close input variable from land, labour and equipments. This study tested the ...

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Analysing the Relative Efficiency of Container Terminals of Mercosur using DEA

Cited by 109 publications

References 26 publications

Regional Port Productivity in APEC

Regional Port Productivity in APEC

Container Ports in Latin America: Challenges in a Changing Global Economy

The Size Effect of Indian Major Ports on its Efficiency Using Dea-Additive Models

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