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A New Approach In Benchmarking Seaport Efficiency And Technological Change

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  • Hercules Haralambides
  • Mohamed Hussain
  • Carlos Pestana Barros
  • Nicolas Peypoch

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Export-led strategies and the globalization of production, transport and distribution have intensified competition among ports, turning it into competition among global supply chains. Seaport efficiency and productivity have thus become issues of essence for most ports, particularly in the lucrative business of container handling. The paper uses the innovative Luenberger indicator to analyze seaport efficiency and productivity growth in a sample of 16 Middle East and East African seaports in the period 2005-2007. Measurements of both technical efficiency change (managerial efficacy) and technological change (investment) are presented. Although results are rather mixed among ports, the paper finds a general decline in port productivity, with a possible subsequent decline in skills and management efficiency. With a few notable exceptions, ports in the region demonstrate a worrying decline in technical efficiency, often in spite of positive developments in the adoption of new technology. Regional governments are advised to assign the requisite political priorities, and any necessary budgets, to the development of their port sectors in the clear understanding that ports constitute the most important component of global supply chains which, in their turn, are the sole facilitators of export led growth and integration of developing countries in the global economy.

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  • Hercules Haralambides & Mohamed Hussain & Carlos Pestana Barros & Nicolas Peypoch, 2010. "A New Approach In Benchmarking Seaport Efficiency And Technological Change," Articles, International Journal of Transport Economics, vol. 37(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:jte:journl:2010:1:37:4
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    1. Suárez-Alemán, Ancor & Morales Sarriera, Javier & Serebrisky, Tomás & Trujillo, Lourdes, 2016. "When it comes to container port efficiency, are all developing regions equal?," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 56-77.
    2. D. E. Onwuegbuchunam, 2018. "Assessing Port Governance, Devolution and Terminal Performance in Nigeria," Logistics, MDPI, vol. 2(1), pages 1-16, February.
    3. Samet Güner, 2018. "Incorporating value judgments into port efficiency measurement models: insights from Turkish ports," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 20(4), pages 569-586, December.
    4. Hercules Haralambides & Girish Gujar, 2023. "The ‘new normal’, global uncertainty and key challenges in building reliable and resilient supply chains," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 25(4), pages 623-638, December.
    5. Chang, Víctor & Tovar, Beatriz, 2014. "Efficiency and productivity changes for Peruvian and Chilean ports terminals: A parametric distance functions approach," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 83-94.

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