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The Drivers of Port Productivity for Selected Indian Ocean Ports Using the Malmquist Productivity Index

In: Business Analytics and Decision Making in Practice

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  • Adeola Oluwatoyin Osundiran

    (University of South Africa)

  • Makgopa Tshehla

    (University of South Africa)

Abstract

Efficient ports are pivotal to the health of the nation’s economy. For instance, when the port of Seychelles and Port Louis are put into consideration, it is noted that their respective ports are a major source of revenue. In Seychelles, the economy depends largely on the revenue it derives from imports and exports as well as tourism. In Mauritius, the port of Port Louis, handles the entire shipment that comes in to the country via sea. This paper examines the efficiency levels of these ports using the Malmquist based Data Envelopment Analysis. The review of literature lays further credence to the importance of this paper as there has been a paucity of articles on the efficiency level of the port of Port Louis and Port Victoria. Hence, this paper contributes to the growing body of knowledge on the efficiency analysis of ports using Data Envelopment Analysis based Malmquist Productivity Index. The period of examination is from 2008–2018. The results indicated that over the period of 2008 to 2018 the port of Port Louis achieved an annual average productivity gain of 0.91 whilst the Port of Victoria achieved 0.95. The drivers of productivity being tilted more towards technology change.

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  • Adeola Oluwatoyin Osundiran & Makgopa Tshehla, 2024. "The Drivers of Port Productivity for Selected Indian Ocean Ports Using the Malmquist Productivity Index," Lecture Notes in Operations Research, in: Ali Emrouznejad & Panagiotis D. Zervopoulos & Ilhan Ozturk & Dima Jamali & John Rice (ed.), Business Analytics and Decision Making in Practice, chapter 0, pages 133-141, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnopch:978-3-031-61589-4_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-61589-4_12
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