TITLE:
Assessment of Ports Competiveness in West and Central African Sub-Regions Using Priest Analytic Hierarchy Process: The Defies & Incompetence of the Port of Douala (Cameroon)
AUTHORS:
Veronique Nguele Balla, F. C. Anguibi China, R. A. N. Fouda, C. D. Bissemb
KEYWORDS:
Port Competitiveness, WCA, Douala Port, Hard & Soft Infrastructure, Defies & Incompetence, AHP, Eigenvector & Fuzzy Preference Programming
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.6 No.2,
February
29,
2016
ABSTRACT: Ports play a fundamental role in a sustainable integration of Africa in International trade. Both importers and exporters, shipping companies and government, however face high cost for sea transport and substantial inefficiency in port operations. This has resulted in congestion, higher dwell time, higher costs which affect the competitive ability in sub regional and global economy. This study investigates the main factors explaining poor container handling operations and limited competitive ability in Cameroonian Ports and aggregating this to the competitive position of Cameroonian ports in the West and Central African sub-regions (WCA). Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (A.H.P), the paper seeks to provide a basic understanding of container transportation and port’s terminal operations problems (constraints & ineffectiveness) in Cameroon.