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A Study on the Efficiency of Container Ports in the Bay of Bengal Area

벵갈만 지역의 컨테이너항만 효율성 분석에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2019.12.17
  • Accepted : 2020.03.25
  • Published : 2020.03.31
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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the technical efficiency of major container ports in the Bay of Bengal area and to study how certain factors influence the efficiency of container ports and terminals. The research is conducted on the four main container ports in the Bay of Bengal area, namely, Colombo Port in Sri Lanka, Chennai Port in India, Chittagong Port in Bangladesh, and Yangon Port in Myanmar. There are three input variables (quay length, storage area, and the number of cranes) and two output variables (throughput twenty-foot equivalent units and vessel calls) chosen for the process in this study. This paper evaluates the efficiency score of the defined variables and suggests implications for further improvement of the core competitiveness of the four selected ports. The findings indicate that Colombo Port is the most efficient on a technical scale, followed by Chennai Port, Yangon Port, and Chittagong Port. However, the slack and radial movement calculation results show that the inputs and outputs of the four ports need to be adjusted to be efficient and to reduce the amount of resources that are wasted. The results validate the adaptability of the improved data envelopment analysis algorithm in port efficiency analysis. The research findings provide an overview of the efficiencies of the selected container ports and can potentially affect the port management decisions made by policymakers, terminal operators, and carriers.

본 연구는 벵갈만 지역의 주요 컨테이너 항만들의 기술적 효율성을 조사하고 특정 요소가 컨테이너 항만 및 터미널의 효율성에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 분석하는데 목적이 있다. 주요 분석 대상은 스리랑카의 콜롬보항만, 인도의 첸나이항만, 방글라데시의 치타공항만 그리고 미얀마의 양곤 항만 등이다. 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위한 투입 변수로는 선석 길이, 보관 장소 및 크레인 수를 사용하였으며 산출 변수로는 컨테이너 물동량과 기항수가 분석에 사용되었다. 연구 결과에 의하면 동아시아와 유럽, 중동 그리고 아프리카를 연결하는 전략적 위치에 있는 콜롬보항만이 기술 규모면에서 가장 효율적인 항만으로 분석되었으며 그 다음으로는 첸나이항만, 양곤항만 그리고 치타공항만 순으로 나타났다. 제시된 연구 결과는 벵갈만에 위치한 항만들의 효율성을 제고하기 위해서 어떤 변수에 주안점을 두어야 할지에 대한 기초 자료로서 의미가 있으며 주요 항만 정책 입안자 또는 터미널 운영업자 등의 의사결정에 유의미한 영향을 미칠 수 있다.

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