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Methods: Technical efficiency is estimated using an output-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model under variable returns to scale, followed by bias correction and determinant analysis employing the Simar\u2013Wilson bootstrap procedure. Productivity change is examined separately using the Malmquist Productivity Index based on original DEA distance functions. Results: The analysis reveals substantial heterogeneity in efficiency levels across ports, with bias-corrected estimates indicating that efficiency differentials are structural rather than statistical. Cargo specialization emerges as the main determinant of efficiency, while location effects are found to be asymmetric. Efficiency levels are largely stable over time, and productivity change is modest, being driven exclusively by efficiency change, with no evidence of technological progress. Conclusions: These findings suggest that the performance of ports along the Romanian Danube corridor is shaped primarily by structural and organizational factors rather than temporal dynamics, underlining the importance of targeted policy interventions focusing on traffic consolidation, port specialization, and coordinated spatial and hinterland planning to enhance inland port performance within European transport corridors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/systems14020201","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,13]],"date-time":"2026-02-13T16:09:32Z","timestamp":1770998972000},"page":"201","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Data Envelopment Analysis of Inland Ports\u2019 Efficiency: Evidence from the Romanian Danube Ports"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1080-7321","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eugen","family":"Rosca","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Transports, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Indpendentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ilona","family":"Costea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Transports, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Indpendentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6092-8797","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anamaria","family":"Ilie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Transports, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Indpendentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marjana","family":"Petrovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Transport and Traffic Science, University of Zagreb, Vukeli\u0107eva 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4074-0105","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Florin","family":"Rusca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Transports, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Indpendentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Notteboom, T., and Rodrigue, J.P. 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