The steady growth of seaborne trade has resulted in the further development of container ships, ports, and container terminals, and the operating efficiency of a container terminal is a decisive element for its competitive ability in international markets. The aim of this research is to evaluate the relative efficiency of Russian and South Korean container terminals. For this purpose, the output-oriented DEA was applied to 31 container terminals of Russian and South Korean seaports for the years from 2012 to 2014. The results indicate that Korean container terminals exhibited higher efficiency scores than their Russian counterparts.

• Mariia Den(Graduate school of Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
• Ho-Soo Nah(Professor, Division of International Trade and Economics, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
• Chang-Hoon Shin(Professor, Department of Logistics Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) Corresponding author