The relative efficiency between the container terminals operated in Jawaharlal Nehru port trust–Navi Mumbai

Abstract

The Indian container market is flourishing every year with the huge investments from Indian and global operators targeting for higher handling capacities throughout the terminals at Indian ports. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is one of the top 10 ports in the continent of Asia and ranked as the 33rd place among the top 100 ports has been taken up for an analysis. The four terminals installed in JNPT have a lion a share of more than 52 % out of the total container traffic handled at Indian ports. Eventually, the relative operational and productivity efficiency between the four container terminals operated in JNPT has been taken up the study. The methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) analysis which is the most powerful tool is adopted for assessing the physical efficiency of the four terminals.