EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT OF 6 MAJOR CONTAINER PORTS IN THE WEST AFRICA REGION

G. Konstantinidis () and Theodore Pelagidis
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G. Konstantinidis: M.Sc. University of Piraeus

Regional Science Inquiry, 2018, vol. X, issue 1, 63-76

Abstract: Container terminal efficiency is a critical factor in the contemporary global trade. We apply the DEA and SFA methods to evaluate efficiency of 6 major ports in the West Africa region to investigate whether these ports can become the main hubs of container transport to African inland in the future. The DEA and SFA methods were applied to a number of inputs such as total quay length; total terminal area, number of quayside cranes, number of gantry cranes and number of reach stackers and single output, to measure efficiency.

Keywords: Transportation Economics; Ports; Efficiency; Sea Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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