Assessing the Impact of Procedural Security on Container Port Efficiency

Despite the growing amount of research into container-port security regulations, no attempt has been made to-date to empirically investigate the ex-post impacts of security regulations on the operational efficiency of seaports and terminals. This article attempts to empirically assess and analyze the procedural impacts stemming from the requirements of port security regulations on the operational efficiency of container terminals. A stepwise Malmquist Data Envelopment Analysis approach is used to track productivity changes of 420 container-terminal decisionmaking units from 2002-2008, both on a multi-year basis and on a regulatory-run basis. The analysis of the impact of security on operational efficiency shows that the latter varies greatly by type of regulation and terminal, but there is a strong evidence of generalized productivity gains from targeted inspection prompted by cargo prescreening and reporting and from the advances prompted by the investments in new security technology.

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• Authors:
  • Bichou, Khalid
• Publication Date: 2011-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-28
• Serial:
  • Maritime Economics & Logistics
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISSN: 1388-1973
  • EISSN: 1476-0592
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/41278

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container terminals; Economic efficiency; Landside operations (Ports); Ocean shipping; Productivity; Safety and security; Security; Technology
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01333576
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 21 2011 2:14PM