Antonio Gil Ropero

Antonio Gil Ropero serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Civil Engineering at the University of Cadiz, specializing in Construction Engineering with a research focus on port efficiency and container terminal operations. His academic profile centers on advanced analytical methodologies for maritime transport systems.

Education:

• PhD from University of Cadiz (2016) with thesis "Operational Efficiency of Container Terminals. Analysis of the Port of Algeciras Bay and its Relationship with the Ports of the Iberian Peninsula," supervised by Dr. Ignacio José Turias Domínguez and Dr. María del Mar Cerbán Jiménez.

His research spans port efficiency measurement, Data Envelopment Analysis applications, and maritime logistics optimization. Key contributions include developing bootstrapped DEA models for financial and operational efficiency assessment across Spanish, Iberian Peninsula, Latin American, Caribbean, and West African port systems. Recent work investigates corruption impacts on port performance while earlier studies established methodological frameworks for container terminal analysis.

Publication trends reveal consistent application of quantitative methods (DEA, bootstrapping, Malmquist index) to evaluate port systems globally, with evolving geographic scope from Iberian Peninsula (2015-2019) to international contexts (2021-2025). His 2025 corruption study represents the current frontier of this research trajectory.

Scientific Awards:

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