A competitive analysis of EU ports by fixing spatial and economic dimensions

Journal of Shipping and Trade

Table 4 Descriptive statistics of the indicators involved in the DEA and SFA approaches

Description	Minimum	Maximum	1st q.	Median	Mean	3st q.	Standard deviation
Total gross weight of goods handled in each port^a [TGW] (thousands of tons)	49,137	436,942	58,905	78,427	122,224	114,823	112,400
Number of employees^b [NOE]	4785	98,679	13,956	23,418	33,101	48,126	27,001
Terminal quay length^c [CTL]	1700	157,000	12,000	25,450	43,310	65,625	44,965

Sources: ^aEurostat database;^bBureau van Dijk; ^cWorld Port Source (www.worldportsource.com; Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Marseille, Valencia), Harbours Review (http://harboursreview.com; Algeciras, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam) and www.porto.trieste.it (Trieste)