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Efficiency of Moroccan Seaports: Application of DEA Using Window Analysis
College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
Department of Physics Engineering and Science, Shanghai, China
- 1 College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
- 2 Department of Physics Engineering and Science, Shanghai, China
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Abstract
The efficiency of 8 seaports in the Kingdom of Morocco region was evaluated. Two associated studies were conducted based on data collected for 4 years (2014-2017), Standard Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method was used in the first analysis through CCR and BCC models, and thus a scale of efficiency analysis was used in a second analysis. By using both methods, enhanced insight into the efficiency situation is collected, proving subsequently that a majority of the container ports and terminals in the Kingdom of Morocco are found to be technically inefficient. The research concludes through returns to scale method how port resources should be utilized in the aim to impulse inefficient ports perform better.
KeywordsMoroccan SeaportsData Envelopment AnalysisSeaports EfficiencyBCC ModelCCR ModelReturns to Scale Method
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