Container port efficiency in emerging and more advanced markets

The literature on container port efficiency has typically centered on ports in advanced markets or comparisons within regions. This study compares the efficiency of port operations in emerging markets (BRIC and the Next-11) with the more advanced markets (G7). We use data envelopment analysis to evaluate the container ports based on the import and export cargo volumes in 2005. Our results suggest that none of the ports in the advanced markets are role models for the field. This study provides a first step towards gaining insights into port efficiency in emerging markets.

[1]  Zinan Liu,et al.  THE COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES: THE CASE OF BRITISH PORTS. , 1995 .

[2]  Kevin Cullinane,et al.  A stochastic frontier model of the efficiency of major container terminals in Asia: assessing the influence of administrative and ownership structures , 2002 .

[3]  Dong-Wook Song,et al.  Evaluating impacts of institutional reforms on port efficiency changes: Ownership, corporate structure, and total factor productivity changes of world container ports , 2010 .

[4]  Lourdes Trujillo,et al.  Efficiency measurement in the port industry: a survey of the empirical evidence , 2009 .

[5]  Kevin Cullinane,et al.  Container Port Production Efficiency: A Comparative Study of DEA and FDH Approaches , 2003 .

[6]  M. Roe,et al.  Promoting Development through Multimodal Freight Transport in Bangladesh , 2006 .

[7]  K. Cullinane,et al.  The efficiency of European container ports: A cross-sectional data envelopment analysis , 2006 .

[8]  Yen-Chun Jim Wu,et al.  National port competitiveness: implications for India , 2008 .

[9]  J. Tongzon.  THE IMPACT OF WHARFAGE COSTS ON VICTORIA'S EXPORT-ORIENTED INDUSTRIES , 1989 .

[10]  Lauri Ojala,et al.  Trade Logistics in the Global Economy: The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators , 2016 .

[11]  Ali Emrouznejad,et al.  Evaluation of research in efficiency and productivity: A survey and analysis of the first 30 years , 2008 .

[12]  Leonardo Ramos Rios,et al.  Analysing the Relative Efficiency of Container Terminals of Mercosur using DEA , 2006 .

[13]  Hidekazu Itoh.  Effeciency Changes at Major Container Ports in Japan: A Window Application of Data Envelopment Analysis , 2002 .

[14]  Jose L. Tongzon,et al.  DETERMINANTS OF PORT PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY , 1995 .

[15]  Chinho Lin,et al.  Measuring the national competitiveness of Southeast Asian countries , 2008, Eur. J. Oper. Res..

[16]  Lourdes Trujillo,et al.  Reforms and Infrastructure Efficiency in Spain's Container Ports , 2005 .

[17]  Antonio Estache,et al.  Efficiency Gains from Port Reform and the Potential for Yardstick Competition: Lessons from Mexico , 2002 .

[18]  J. Bookbinder,et al.  Comparison of Asian and European logistics systems , 2003 .

[19]  A. Charnes,et al.  Some Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis , 1984 .

[20]  A. Charnes,et al.  Data Envelopment Analysis Theory, Methodology and Applications , 1995 .

[21]  Kevin Cullinane,et al.  A stochastic frontier model of the productive efficiency of Korean container terminals , 2003 .

[22]  Eduardo Martínez-Budría,et al.  A STUDY OF THE EFFICIENCY OF SPANISH PORT AUTHORITIES USING DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS , 1999 .

[23]  Martin Dresner,et al.  NORTH AMERICAN CONTAINERPORT PRODUCTIVITY: 1984-1997 , 2004 .

[24]  Chun-Chu Liu,et al.  Evaluating the operational efficiency of major ports in the Asia-Pacific region using data envelopment analysis , 2008 .

[25]  P. Andersen,et al.  A procedure for ranking efficient units in data envelopment analysis , 1993 .

[26]  R. Asariotis,et al.  Review of Maritime Transport, 2008 , 2008 .

[27]  Anna Sciomachen,et al.  Intermodal container flows in a port system network:: Analysis of possible growths via simulation models , 2005 .

[28]  Qiang Meng,et al.  Scheduling of two-transtainer systems for loading outbound containers in port container terminals with simulated annealing algorithm , 2007 .

[29]  Geon Cho,et al.  Efficiency Analysis and Ranking of Major Container Ports in Northeast Asia: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis , 2007 .

[30]  A. U.S.,et al.  Measuring the efficiency of decision making units , 2003 .

[31]  Kevin Cullinane,et al.  The technical efficiency of container ports: Comparing data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis , 2006 .

[32]  Mark Goh,et al.  Discrete time model and algorithms for container yard crane scheduling , 2009, Eur. J. Oper. Res..

[33]  Kevin Cullinane,et al.  The Application of Mathematical Programming Approaches to Estimating Container Port Production Efficiency , 2005 .

[34]  L. Ojala,et al.  Connecting to Compete 2012: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy , 2012 .

[35]  Hark Hwang,et al.  Sequencing delivery and receiving operations for yard cranes in port container terminals , 2003 .

[36]  Jose L. Tongzon,et al.  Efficiency measurement of selected Australian and other international ports using data envelopment analysis , 2001 .

[37]  A. Sumner.  What is Development Studies? , 2006 .

[38]  Kevin Cullinane,et al.  The relationship between privatization and DEA estimates of efficiency in the container port industry , 2005 .

[39]  Y Roll,et al.  Port performance comparison applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) , 1993 .

[40]  T. Leschine,et al.  Container terminal productivity: a perspective , 1990 .

[41]  Ana Rodríguez Álvarez,et al.  Firm and time varying technical and allocative efficiency: an application for port cargo handling firms , 2005 .

[42]  M. Razzaque,et al.  Challenges to logistics development: the case of a Third World country ‐ Bangladesh , 1997 .

[43]  Anthony T.H. Chin,et al.  Maintaining Singapore as a Major Shipping and Air Transport Hub , 1998 .

[44]  C. Barros,et al.  Efficiency in European Seaports with DEA: Evidence from Greece and Portugal , 2004 .

[45]  Lourdes Trujillo,et al.  Sources of efficiency gains in port reform: a DEA decomposition of a Malmquist TFP index for Mexico , 2004 .

[46]  Dominic Wilson,et al.  Dreaming With BRICs: The Path to 2050 , 2006 .

[47]  Somchai Pathomsiri,et al.  Efficiency Measurement of US Ports Using Data Envelopment Analysis , 2006 .

[48]  Gi-Tae Yeo,et al.  Evaluating the competitiveness of container ports in Korea and China , 2008 .

[49]  L. C. Lin,et al.  Operational performance evaluation of major container ports in the Asia-Pacific region , 2007 .

[50]  P. Ji,et al.  An Application of DEA Windows Analysis to Container Port Production Efficiency , 2004 .