Author(s)

Bomboma Kalgora

School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.

This study presents a competitiveness analysis of five strategic container ports in West Africa using the DEA model Windows I-C method. This method takes into account the different changes in these ports efficiency and performance using a window length of 3 over the years 2005 to 2016. The model is used to provide a ranking of the efficient strategic ports in the region. Efficient ports promote trade growth by empowering a country’s imports and exports. The ranking and competitiveness of a port are evaluated based on its efficiency compared to others in its group. From the one output and the seven input variables selected, the results reveal the port of Tema to be the most competitive in the West Africa with 95% production average efficiency score, then followed respectively by Lagos, Abidjan, Lomé and Cotonou port.

Container Ports, Competitiveness, Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis, West Africa

Kalgora, B. (2019) Strategic Container Ports Competitiveness Analysis in West Africa Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Model. Open Journal of Business and Management, 7, 680-692. doi: 10.4236/ojbm.2019.72046.