Abstract
Sea-port operational efficiency is critical factor for handling of goods in the international supply chains, and is viewed to impact transportation and logistics which play an important role in trade exchange with other countries. It is important to evaluate operational efficiency of sea-ports to reflect their status and reveal their position in this competitive environment. Moreover, knowing impacts of efficiency of sea-ports on the supply chain is vital for business survival. This study uses stochastic frontier and inefficiency models to analyze sea-port operational efficiency and Delphi technique to seek expert respondents’ opinion on its characteristics. The research also uses structural equation modeling to build a model of sea-port operational efficiency as a further step to examine the significance of the characteristics. The results of this study emphasize the need to improve sea-port operational efficiency, and indicate which characteristics should be given more attention.
Highlights
Sea-ports have been considered to be important parts of international supply chains [1]
Sea-port operational efficiency is critical factor for handling of goods in the international supply chains, and is viewed to impact transportation and logistics which play an important role in trade exchange with other countries
The research uses structural equation modeling to build a model of sea-port operational efficiency as a further step to examine the significance of the characteristics
Summary
Sea-ports have been considered to be important parts of international supply chains [1]. Efficiency of sea-port operation is vital for supply chains. A lot of research has been done in the area of sea-port operational efficiency. Many of such research dwell on tactical means of bolstering sea-port operational efficiency [3,4,5,6]. Some researchers regard sea-port as Third Party Logistics (3PL) provider that intervenes in a series of different companies and supply chains [7]. Three different channels: trade channel, logistics channel and supply chain channel were identified by [7] as a new framework of measuring performance of sea-ports. The question: “What characteristics are key to improving sea-port operational and to what extent they can bolster efficiency?” has not been adequately addressed in literature. Some research dwell on one or two aspects at a time leaving out other aspects
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