How Does Port Efficiency Affect Maritime Transport Costs and Trade? : Evidence from Indian and Western Pacific Ocean Countries

Herrera Dappe, Matias ; Jooste, Charl ; Suá ; rez-Alemá ; n, Ancor

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: PORTS;    PORT EFFICIENCY;    MARITIME TRANSPORT;    TRANSPORT COSTS;    DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8204
RP-ID  :  WPS8204

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Would improvements in port performanceincrease trade in countries on the Indian and WesternPacific Oceans? Previous studies attempted to answer thisquestion using ad hoc measures of port efficiency that donot control for the actual use of port assets or measuresthat can be very noisy. To avoid these problems, this paperbuilds a measure of economic efficiency based on the use ofport inputs to deliver port output. Using data envelopanalysis, it ranks countries on the Indian and WesternPacific Oceans in terms of their port efficiency, andassesses the effect of increased efficiency. It finds thatbecoming as efficient as the country with the most efficientport sector would reduce their average maritime transportcosts by up to 14 percent and increase their exports by upto 2.2 percent.