The Efficiency Measurement of Container Ports in Thailand by Using DEA Windows Analysis Approach

In the past two decades, Thailand had development in container port’s infrastructure where was near all coastal provinces. Currently, recent trend of using container for commerce has demand increase every year. The aim of this paper is to measure and analyse the efficiency of Thai container port by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Windows Analysis Approach. This paper examined many literatures on efficiency of container port together with feasible input and output variable. The cross-section data has been used for analyzing the result by considering its multiple time periods. The DEA Windows analysis based on variable return to scale (VRS) is used to measure the feasible input oriented by using BCC model. The findings exhibit that Bangkok port has efficiency more than other ports. Phuket and Laemchabang port have efficiency approach 100 percent and Songkla port has efficiency is least. Therefore, as the empirical results of this paper can help Thai government examines the efficiency of infrastructure investment and operation of container port in Thailand for leading to improve plan and creating competitive advantage. Moreover, this paper also helps private sector knows about the trend and direction of operation’s improving.