Port and Maritime Transport Challenges in West and Central Africa

Port and Maritime Transport Challenges in West and Central Africa

This Working Paper presents the current trends in maritime transport and port sectors in West and Central Africa (WCA), and proposes several policy recommendations to improve maritime transport and port efficiency in order to enhance economic growt...

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Main Authors: Pálsson, Gylfi, Harding, Alan, Raballand, Gaël
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
BERTHING
BIGGER SHIPS
BORDER CROSSINGS
CABOTAGE
CARGO
CARGO HANDLING
CARRIER
CARRIERS
CIF
CODE OF CONDUCT
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
CONGESTION
CONGESTION CHARGES
CONGESTION COSTS
CONGESTION SURCHARGE
CONTAINER HANDLING
CONTAINER OPERATIONS
CONTAINER SHIP
CONTAINER SHIPPING
CONTAINER SHIPS
CONTAINER TERMINAL
CONTAINER TERMINALS
CONTAINER THROUGHPUT
CONTAINER TRAFFIC
CONTAINER YARDS
CONTAINERIZATION
CONTAINERIZED CARGO
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
COSTS OF CONGESTION
DREDGING
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EFFICIENT TRANSPORT
EMPTY CONTAINERS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EXPORT CARGO
FIXED COSTS
FLEETS
FREIGHT
FUEL
FUEL COST
GRT
INLAND TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL SHIP
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
INVENTORY
LAND TRANSPORT
LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
LARGE CONTAINER VESSELS
LARGE SHIPS
LIFTING
LINER CONFERENCES
LINER SHIPPING
LOGISTICS COSTS
MAJOR PORTS
MARINE SERVICES
MARITIME POLICY
MARITIME SECTOR
MARITIME TRADE
MARITIME TRANSPORT
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
NATIONAL TRANSPORT
NAVIGATIONAL AIDS
NORTH AFRICA
OCEAN CARRIERS
OCEAN FREIGHT
OCEAN FREIGHT RATES
OIL TANKERS
PORT ACCESS
PORT ADMINISTRATIONS
PORT AUTHORITIES
PORT AUTHORITY
PORT CAPACITY
PORT CHARGES
PORT CONGESTION
PORT DEVELOPMENT
PORT EFFICIENCY
PORT EQUIPMENT
PORT ESTATE
PORT FACILITIES
PORT FACILITY
PORT FACILITY SECURITY
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE
PORT LAND
PORT MANAGEMENT
PORT OPERATORS
PORT PRODUCTIVITY
PORT REFORM
PORT SECURITY
PORTS OF CALL
RAIL
RAIL CONNECTION
RAIL LINES
RAIL SYSTEM
RAIL YARDS
RAPID TRAFFIC GROWTH
ROAD
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD SYSTEMS
ROADS
ROUTES
SEABORNE TRADE
SECURITY CODE
SHIP TURNAROUND TIME
SHIP-OWNERS
SHIPMENTS
SHIPOWNERS
SHIPPERS
SHIPPING
SHIPPING COMPANIES
SHIPPING COMPANY
SHIPPING COSTS
SHIPPING INDUSTRY
SHIPPING LINE
SHIPPING LINES
SHIPPING ROUTES
SHIPS
SOUTH AMERICA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUPPLY CHAINS
TERMINAL MANAGEMENT
TERMINAL OPERATIONS
TERMINAL OPERATORS
TEU
TIME IN PORT
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE PERFORMANCE
TRADING PATTERNS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC VOLUMES
TRANSIT
TRANSIT CORRIDOR
TRANSIT OPERATIONS
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT RATES
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORTS
TRANSSHIPMENT
TWENTY FOOT EQUIVALENT UNIT
VEHICLES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/8373925/port-maritime-transport-challenges-west-central-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17773
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Summary:This Working Paper presents the current trends in maritime transport and port sectors in West and Central Africa (WCA), and proposes several policy recommendations to improve maritime transport and port efficiency in order to enhance economic growth. West and Central African economies, which depend on maritime transport for an overwhelming proportion of their trade, rely on efficient maritime transport and port sectors to be competitive on world markets. This paper was prepared for the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP), in the overall context of the World Bank's efforts for trade facilitation in Sub- Saharan Africa2 as a follow-up to the 1997 Second Cotonou meeting of West and Central Africa (WCA) Ministers.

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