An Empirical Study on the Efficiency of Major Container Ports with DEA Model

Song, Jae-Young; Sin, Chang-Hoon

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2005;29(3):195-201.
Published online April 30, 2005.

DEA 모형을 이용한 세계 주요 항만의 효율성 평가

송재영, 신창훈

An Empirical Study on the Efficiency of Major Container Ports with DEA Model

Jae-Young Song, Chang-Hoon Sin

Abstract

This paper presents the measurement of efficiency for container ports. Data envelopment analysis(DEA), as it is called, has particular applicability in the service sector. Applying mathematical programming techniques, DEA enables relative efficiency ratings to be derived within a set of analysed units. This paper investigates the efficiency employing DEA Model on data for 53 container ports covering 1995~2001 in the world and the change in efficiency for 7 years. As a results, port of Busan was evaluated as inefficiency port compare with major ports of the world except 1995year and 1996year. But After 1997year, efficiency of Busan port is increasing somewhat better every year.

Key Words: DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis);Efficiency;DMU(Decision Making Unit);Container Ports