Why Does Cargo Spend Weeks in Sub-Saharan African Ports? Lessons from Six Countries
This study is timely because several investments are planned for container terminals in Sub-Saharan Africa. From a public policy perspective, disentangling the reasons behind cargo delays in ports is crucial to understanding:a) whether projects by the World Bank and other donors have addressed the m...
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ad valorem auction automotive industry Autonomous Port Average Tonnage barrier to entry berth Berth productivity berths bills of lading bonded warehouses boxes Business logistics Cargo Cargo Dwell Time cargo owners Cargo Systems carriers cash flow CFS Commodity competitive advantage competitive private sector concession congestion Consignment consumer goods container depots container freight station Container Handling Container Port Container Terminal container terminal operators container terminals Container Traffic container volume Container Yard container yards containerization Containers crossing Customs Customs Brokers Customs Clearance customs procedures Deliveries Delivery Times demurrage direct competition distribution centers domestic traffic drivers DwT economic development economic growth economies of scale efficient transport Ferry financial transactions forwarding Freight freight costs freight distribution freight forwarders generation growth in traffic GST handling Harbors Harbours high transport increase in capacity inspection International Container Terminal international markets international ports International Shipping international standards international trade inventory inventory management land transport landlocked countries liability liner shipping loading local traffic Local Transit logistics costs management of infrastructure manufacturing Maritime Policy Maritime Transport Maritime Transportation Market Concentration market shares number of berths number of containers port authorities port authority port capacity Port Development port dues port efficiency port facilities port infrastructure port operations Port Performance Port Performance Indicators port productivity port reform port statistics port terminals port users power price incentives private terminal operators production planning Profit Maximization public sector route Routes shipments Shippers Shipping shipping agents shipping costs shipping line shipping lines shipping networks Shipping Routes ships stevedoring Storage Capacity Storage Charges Storage Facilities storage of cargo Supply Chain Supply Chain Management supply chains Tariff Adjustments tax Terminal Capacity terminal operating companies terminal operating company terminal operator terminal operators TEU time in port Tonnage trade facilitation trade logistics Traffic traffic growth transaction costs transfer of ownership Transit transit countries transit operations Transparency transport costs transport facilitation Transport Management Transport Network transport operators transport services transport system Transportation Transportation Economics Transportation Research transshipment types of traffic vessels Volume of Traffic warehouses warehousing |
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ad valorem auction automotive industry Autonomous Port Average Tonnage barrier to entry berth Berth productivity berths bills of lading bonded warehouses boxes Business logistics Cargo Cargo Dwell Time cargo owners Cargo Systems carriers cash flow CFS Commodity competitive advantage competitive private sector concession congestion Consignment consumer goods container depots container freight station Container Handling Container Port Container Terminal container terminal operators container terminals Container Traffic container volume Container Yard container yards containerization Containers crossing Customs Customs Brokers Customs Clearance customs procedures Deliveries Delivery Times demurrage direct competition distribution centers domestic traffic drivers DwT economic development economic growth economies of scale efficient transport Ferry financial transactions forwarding Freight freight costs freight distribution freight forwarders generation growth in traffic GST handling Harbors Harbours high transport increase in capacity inspection International Container Terminal international markets international ports International Shipping international standards international trade inventory inventory management land transport landlocked countries liability liner shipping loading local traffic Local Transit logistics costs management of infrastructure manufacturing Maritime Policy Maritime Transport Maritime Transportation Market Concentration market shares number of berths number of containers port authorities port authority port capacity Port Development port dues port efficiency port facilities port infrastructure port operations Port Performance Port Performance Indicators port productivity port reform port statistics port terminals port users power price incentives private terminal operators production planning Profit Maximization public sector route Routes shipments Shippers Shipping shipping agents shipping costs shipping line shipping lines shipping networks Shipping Routes ships stevedoring Storage Capacity Storage Charges Storage Facilities storage of cargo Supply Chain Supply Chain Management supply chains Tariff Adjustments tax Terminal Capacity terminal operating companies terminal operating company terminal operator terminal operators TEU time in port Tonnage trade facilitation trade logistics Traffic traffic growth transaction costs transfer of ownership Transit transit countries transit operations Transparency transport costs transport facilitation Transport Management Transport Network transport operators transport services transport system Transportation Transportation Economics Transportation Research transshipment types of traffic vessels Volume of Traffic warehouses warehousing Raballand, Gaël Refas, Salim Beuran, Monica Isik, Gözde Why Does Cargo Spend Weeks in Sub-Saharan African Ports? Lessons from Six Countries |
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This study is timely because several investments are planned for container terminals in Sub-Saharan Africa. From a public policy perspective, disentangling the reasons behind cargo delays in ports is crucial to understanding:a) whether projects by the World Bank and other donors have addressed the most salient problems; and b) whether institutional port reform and infrastructure, sometimes complemented by customs reform, are the most appropriate approaches or should be adapted. Without such identification and quantification, projects may ultimately result in a limited impact, and structural problems of long delays will remain. Dwell time figures are a major commercial instrument used to attract cargo and generate revenues. Therefore, the incentives for a port authority and a container terminal operator are increasingly strong to lower the real figure to attract more cargo. At the same time, ports are more and more in competition, so the question of how to obtain independently verifiable dwell time data is increasingly critical to provide assurance that interventions are indeed having the intended effect. |
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Why Does Cargo Spend Weeks in Sub-Saharan African Ports? Lessons from Six Countries |
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okr-10986-135352021-04-23T14:03:10Z Why Does Cargo Spend Weeks in Sub-Saharan African Ports? Lessons from Six Countries Raballand, Gaël Refas, Salim Beuran, Monica Isik, Gözde ad valorem auction automotive industry Autonomous Port Average Tonnage barrier to entry berth Berth productivity berths bills of lading bonded warehouses boxes Business logistics Cargo Cargo Dwell Time cargo owners Cargo Systems carriers cash flow CFS Commodity competitive advantage competitive private sector concession congestion Consignment consumer goods container depots container freight station Container Handling Container Port Container Terminal container terminal operators container terminals Container Traffic container volume Container Yard container yards containerization Containers crossing Customs Customs Brokers Customs Clearance customs procedures Deliveries Delivery Times demurrage direct competition distribution centers domestic traffic drivers DwT economic development economic growth economies of scale efficient transport Ferry financial transactions forwarding Freight freight costs freight distribution freight forwarders generation growth in traffic GST handling Harbors Harbours high transport increase in capacity inspection International Container Terminal international markets international ports International Shipping international standards international trade inventory inventory management land transport landlocked countries liability liner shipping loading local traffic Local Transit logistics costs management of infrastructure manufacturing Maritime Policy Maritime Transport Maritime Transportation Market Concentration market shares number of berths number of containers port authorities port authority port capacity Port Development port dues port efficiency port facilities port infrastructure port operations Port Performance Port Performance Indicators port productivity port reform port statistics port terminals port users power price incentives private terminal operators production planning Profit Maximization public sector route Routes shipments Shippers Shipping shipping agents shipping costs shipping line shipping lines shipping networks Shipping Routes ships stevedoring Storage Capacity Storage Charges Storage Facilities storage of cargo Supply Chain Supply Chain Management supply chains Tariff Adjustments tax Terminal Capacity terminal operating companies terminal operating company terminal operator terminal operators TEU time in port Tonnage trade facilitation trade logistics Traffic traffic growth transaction costs transfer of ownership Transit transit countries transit operations Transparency transport costs transport facilitation Transport Management Transport Network transport operators transport services transport system Transportation Transportation Economics Transportation Research transshipment types of traffic vessels Volume of Traffic warehouses warehousing This study is timely because several investments are planned for container terminals in Sub-Saharan Africa. From a public policy perspective, disentangling the reasons behind cargo delays in ports is crucial to understanding:a) whether projects by the World Bank and other donors have addressed the most salient problems; and b) whether institutional port reform and infrastructure, sometimes complemented by customs reform, are the most appropriate approaches or should be adapted. Without such identification and quantification, projects may ultimately result in a limited impact, and structural problems of long delays will remain. Dwell time figures are a major commercial instrument used to attract cargo and generate revenues. Therefore, the incentives for a port authority and a container terminal operator are increasingly strong to lower the real figure to attract more cargo. At the same time, ports are more and more in competition, so the question of how to obtain independently verifiable dwell time data is increasingly critical to provide assurance that interventions are indeed having the intended effect. 2013-05-23T21:27:32Z 2013-05-23T21:27:32Z 2012 978-0-8213-9499-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13535 en_US Directions in Development--Trade; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa |