Evaluation of Maritime Safety Policy Using Data Envelopment Analysis and PROMETHEE Method
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Abstract
Each maritime country produces annual reports on its maritime safety policy. The annual report details the implementation of established policies, plans, and regulations concerning the supervision and protection of rights and interests at sea. By analyzing the Annual Reports for the Republic of Croatia from 2017 to 2024, maritime traffic and activities at sea were examined. The data include the number of available inspection vessels, the nautical miles traveled, fuel consumption, and similar metrics. All this information is related to the total number of inspected vessels, which is a key performance indicator for maritime traffic control. The aim of the analysis is to determine the correlation between fuel consumption, distance traveled, number of voyages, and number of inspected vessels over eight consecutive years. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to assess the relationship between inputs and outputs to identify which years were efficient. Additionally, the multi-criteria decision-making method PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment of Evaluations) is used to interpret and validate the DEA results, particularly the efficiency ranking. The proposed DEA–PROMETHEE hybrid model enables decision-makers to better understand DEA results, especially when efficiency scores are very similar. In terms of practical applications, the results based on the DEA input and output analysis, extended with the PROMETHEE method, show that the optimized use of available resources contributes to increased overall maritime safety.
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OpenAlex topics: Maritime Navigation and Safety · Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency · Maritime Ports and Logistics
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Croatian Defence Academy “Dr Franjo Tuđman”, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia, Ilica 256b, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Rudera Boskovica 32, 21000 Split, Croatia
Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia, Croatian Navy, Croatian Coast Guard, Zrinsko Frankopanska 207, 21000 Split, Croatia
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