TITLE:
Efficiency of Moroccan Seaports: Application of DEA Using Window Analysis
AUTHORS:
Mahdi Birafane, Moad El Abdi
KEYWORDS:
Moroccan Seaports, Data Envelopment Analysis, Seaports Efficiency, BCC Model, CCR Model, Returns to Scale Method
JOURNAL NAME:
Engineering,
Vol.11 No.2,
February
28,
2019
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.