Dry Port Development in Togo: A Multi-Criteria Approach Using Analytic Network Process [ANP

Degbe Sewodo Augustin,Dassanou Latre Akossiwa,Degbe Nana Esther

doi:10.4236/ajibm.2019.96086

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This paper aims to determine an optimum location for dry port development in Togo. The dry port location decision problem is formulated using Analytic Network Process which consists of multi-criteria evaluation techniques through a pairwise comparison and a super-matrix formation. This research also conducted a field survey through questionnaires and interviews in order to retrieve adequate data from group of experts which were analyzed in establishing the ANP model using Super Decision software. Sokode has the highest ideal score of 0.94 among other selected alternatives thus, making it the best location for establishing a dry port in Togo. Although all parameters estimated should be uncertain in reality but the sensitivity analysis of the model still indicates that the output results are quite stable. Furthermore, the port of Lome is also considered as the gateway port providing both inbound and outbound traffic to the hinterland locations within Togo and also to West African landlocked countries.

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Facility location decision making or the expansion of an existing capacity is of great importance to a decision maker faced with such requirements
This paper aims to determine an optimum location for dry port development in Togo
The data was run using the Super Decision software and the synthesize ranking indicates that Sokodé, a city in the central region of Togo is the most preferred location for establishing a dry port in Togo and has an ideal score of (1)

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Facility location decision making or the expansion of an existing capacity is of great importance to a decision maker faced with such requirements. This is because the cost of construction makes facility location a long term investment decision. Since the inauguration of the new Lomé Container Terminal [LCT] in 2014, the port has doubled its total traffic capacity from 9.2 to 19.3 million tonnes in 2017 (Figure 1). At the port of Lomé, the port authority and private firms undertake cargo handling operations. The port authority handles major bulk cargoes and coaster vessels while container handling is undertaken by Societed’Entreprise de Manutention Maritime (SE2M). Principal operators at the port of Lomé include: SDV Togo (Shipping agency and a subsidiary of Bolloré Africa Logistics), Togo Terminal (container terminal operator), SAGA Togo (shipping and transit agency), Lomé Multipurpose Terminal (conventional terminal operator), STCM (Shipping agency), SDV-Damco (forwarding agent), GETMA and MSC (shipping companies) [10]

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