Abstract
Emerging markets such as China and India have risen abruptly in recent years, with other newly developing countries followed closely behind. This paper employs the data envelopment analysis technique to estimate the efficiency of the major ports in the V.I.S.T.A. and the ASEAN countries. Research results indicated that the largest container port in Singapore, South Africa and Turkey were efficient ports in CCR and BCC model. Using the CCR model (self-assessment) and the CCR cross efficiency model (relative-assessment), it had been found that the major ports in Singapore and South Africa were situated in Group I which was labeled as benchmark ports. Whereas the operational efficiency of the other VISTA ports were situated in Group III, it shows lots of ports in emerging markets have not paid much attention on the operational efficiency of their ports.
