Evaluating Iberian seaport competitiveness using an alternative DEA approach
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. 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. 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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Supplemental Notes:
- © 2015 Maria Rosa Pires da Cruz and João José de Matos Ferreira
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Authors:
- da Cruz, Maria Rosa Pires
- Ferreira, João José de Matos
- Publication Date: 2016-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 9p
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Serial:
- European Transport Research Review
- Volume: 8
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Springer Publishing
- ISSN: 1866-8887
- EISSN: 1867-0717
- Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/12544
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Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Competition; Freight traffic; Productivity; Seaports
- Geographic Terms: Iberian Peninsula
- Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01583792
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 23 2015 8:12AM