Abstract
In this paper, a study on four African ports was taken out that all have the ca-pability to become a hub port that can serve the central African region. The paper sort to determine which port was most suitable and port indexing was the method that was used to evaluate these ports. The ports evaluated were the port of Kribi, the port of Bata, the port of Libreville and the port of Pointe-Noire. There were other models that were also used which included linear regression and linear programming which all contributed to providing the final results of the port with the most suitable potential to serve as a hub port and meaningful results were obtained. The final results showed that the port of Pointe-Noire was the most suitable port to serve the central African region as a hub port.
Highlights
There were other models that were used which included linear regression and linear programming which all contributed to providing the final results of the port with the most suitable potential to serve as a hub port and meaningful results were obtained
After going through all the port indexing and using other approaches to evaluate the four central African ports to show which one is suitable to serve as a hub port, the port of Pointe-Noire was the most suitable to serve as a hub port
Developing the Kribi port to serve as a hub port will go a long way to support and enhance this great initiative and so Cameroon government should cooperate more with China especially with the investment being carried out at the port of Kribi so that the port can be influential in the maritime silk route
Summary
The last twenty to thirty years have been filled with a lot of technological innovations around the world. The concept of a hub has often been implemented in different ways according to its functions such as logistics centre, freight terminal, distribution centre, and warehouse [1] These logistics attributes enable ports to provide a wide range of value-added services so as to meet up with the ever-changing transportation demand. These conditions caused a shift in power which favoured big shipping lines and the potential of handling larger consignments is a significant challenge faced by smaller shipping companies including smaller port terminal operators [1]. Determine the ports suitability in terms of geographical locations of the ports in relation to freight rates on some shipping routes
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