former; (ii) we introduced a binary variable for ports using ships¿ cranes, treated as an additional source of port …We developed a technical efficiency analysis of container ports in Latin America and the Caribbean using an input …-oriented stochastic frontier model. We employed a 10-year panel with data on container throughput, port terminal area, berth length, and …

This paper develops a port productivity and efficiency analysis of all developing regions between 2000 and 2010, using … both parametric and nonparametric approaches. From a unique dataset -our sample covers 70 developing countries, 203 ports … a detailed efficiency analysis to determine the drivers of port efficiency. Time series results show an upward trend for …

and multidimensional sectors and activities, of which ports are a key example. This can be achieved by implementing … sustainable port growth policies, through new or re-designed operational planning. As part of this, introducing new technologies … into port processes and ecosystems that factor in the environment, but have wider-reaching benefits, will enable a move …