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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Raballand, Gaël, Refas, Salim, Beuran, Monica, Isik, Gözde
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	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,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13535
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