-fifths of global merchandise trade (by volume) carried by sea. Accordingly, how a maritime port performs is a crucial element in … the cost of international trade for a country. Despite the centrality of the port to global value chains, one of the major … compare container port performance in a robust and reliable manner for the first time. This technical paper, which presents …

addressed through donor funded operations. This ESW focuses on roads, air, and port transport. Transport infrastructure and …

In a hub and spoke system of containerized seaborne trade, cargo to a region is delivered first to a primary hub port … hinterland - that is, it attracts a considerable amount of cargo that would in any case flow through that port); and (b) can … the few regions of the world without a dominant hub distribution port. Since the evolution of the hub and spoke concept …

decade, an outstanding port and logistics hub with few precedents in other African countries. The objective of the present … study is to strengthen the competitiveness of the ports of Djibouti (old port of Djibouti and new port of Doraleh) and … ensure their medium-term and long-term development by designing a modern and efficient regulation system for private port …

seriously undermine the economy's productivity and international trading links. Improving both port operations and on … economy. The productivity at Chittagong port is the lowest among major ports in the region by most measurements. The impact of … low productivity in Chittagong port is made worse by the poor inland transport distribution system for containers in the …

additional port movements generated by transshipment in regional hub(s). Given the regional dynamics of ports in West Africa …, there is also a good case for more cooperation between West African countries on port reform, competition and regulation … regulatory efforts at the country level and provide a forum to analyze regional issues related to inter-port competition and …