Container terminals are different in the degree of service for container ships, which
increased recently and especially in the Mediterranean, also differ in use of the amount of
inputs required for operational process, which create the problem of d
eclining technical
efficiency of container terminals Mediterranean. Therefore, the researcher measured the
efficiency (12) a major container terminal in the Mediterranean in 2010, using the Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Where the inputs: Number of quay cranes, and space of
terminal, and the output was the annual throughput of containers. The practical results
showed that the rate of technical efficiency – (CRS) was 49%, while the rate of technical
efficiency – (VRS) 69.3%. Tangier container terminal achieved the best level of technical
and scale efficiency, While Mersin, Algeciras, and Tartous achieved the technical
efficiency only, while remaining terminals did not achieve any efficiency, Therefore
advisable to reconsider in their used inputs to improve their efficiency.
