The port sector has received growing attention from port authority managers and policymakers. The strategic relevance of ports has improved, but the environment is negatively affected by port operations. This study attempts to assess the performance of twenty-four European ports considering their eco-efficiency. The stochastic frontier analysis has been proposed to evaluate the port performance, and several data envelopment analysis estimations have been calculated to verify the consistency condition. Evidence suggests that recent management efforts to increase the volume of the ports’ activity do not impair their eco-efficiency, and policymakers can refer to different theoretical patterns to verify the potential impact of specific measurements targeted at improving eco-efficiency performance.

港口部门越来越受到港务局管理者和政策制定者的关注。港口的战略相关性有所改善，但环境受到港口运营的负面影响。本研究试图评估 24 个欧洲港口在生态效率方面的表现。提出了随机前沿分析来评估港口性能，并计算了几个数据包络分析估计来验证一致性条件。有证据表明，最近增加港口活动量的管理努力不会损害其生态效率，政策制定者可以参考不同的理论模式来验证旨在提高生态效率绩效的特定措施的潜在影响。