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India is surrounded by oceans on three sides. India has a coastline of about 11098.81 kms. As per the Ministry of Port, Shipping, and Waterways approximately 95% of the country’s international trade (in volume) and 68% of the country’s international trade (in value) carried through Maritime transport. The study evaluates the operational efficiency of major ports in India using input and output-oriented DEA models in 2023-24. The study used input variables like number of berths, number of employees and number of vessels handled by the port. The output variables selected in the study are container throughput (TEU) and total traffic handled. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Kamarajar Port Limited, and Paradip Port Trust found to be efficient. The rest of the ports like Chennai, Cochin, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Visakhapatnam, New Mangalore, V.O. Chidambaranar, Mumbai, Mormugao, and Deendayal port trust found to be inefficient. So, the necessary steps need to be taken to strengthen the working process of these ports.

Keywords

Major port; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); BCC; CCR; Input-oriented DEA; Output-oriented DEA

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