Port performance in Asia: Does production efficiency imply environmental efficiency?

Atmospheric and water pollution are two main sources of negative environmental externalities generated by shipping. This study recognizes the negative externalities in the production of port services in East Asia by explicitly incorporating environmental impacts of shipping. Programming techniques a...

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Published inTransportation research. Part D, Transport and environment Vol. 15; no. 8; pp. 483 - 488
Main Authors Chin, Anthony T.H., Low, Joyce M.W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.12.2010
Subjects
Environmental impact
Externalities
Maritime pollution
Ports
Productivity
Programming
Seaports
Shipping
Shipping and environmental efficiency
Strategy
Technical and environmental efficiency
Transportation
Water pollution
Asia
Seaports
Maritime pollution
Technical and environmental efficiency
Shipping and environmental efficiency
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Summary:Atmospheric and water pollution are two main sources of negative environmental externalities generated by shipping. This study recognizes the negative externalities in the production of port services in East Asia by explicitly incorporating environmental impacts of shipping. Programming techniques are used to analyze 156 Origin–Destination pairs between 13 major East Asian ports, to derive the externality-augmented measures of port productivity and efficiency at the waterside. The results suggest that the inclusion of externality mitigation strategies can exert a considerable influence on efficiency performance.
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ISSN:1361-9209
1879-2340
DOI:10.1016/j.trd.2010.06.003