Port logistics viability analysis: Case study of the autonomous port of Cotonou (BENIN) (PAC)

Alphonse  Hounsounou; Hito Braga de Moraes; Maamar El Robrini

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss10.3410

Authors

Alphonse Hounsounou Federal University of Para https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5068-9668
Hito Braga de Moraes Federal University of Para https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0214-0587
Maamar El Robrini Federal University of Para https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7850-1217

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss10.3410

Keywords:

Port Logistics Viability, AHP, Benin, Autonomous Port of Cotonou

Abstract

This article aims to perform the logistic viability analysis of PAC for West Africa using the AHP multicriteria method. This port contributes largely in the country's economy through customs and tax revenues, the formation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and also in international trade. Four criteria (quality of infrastructure and services, equipment productivity, and logistics cost of cargo) were modeled. With the result, the port infrastructure criterion is most important, followed by the port equipment criterion. Showing the importance of each port logistics viability criterion (infrastructure, service, equipment, cost), the alternative long-term logistics viability is preferable to the medium-term and short-term. The application of the AHP shows in its result that for long-term port logistics viability, it is preferable to invest more in modern and quality infrastructure and equipment.

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Author Biographies

Alphonse Hounsounou, Federal University of Para

Master of Naval Engineering
Hito Braga de Moraes, Federal University of Para

Professor of Naval Engineering
Maamar El Robrini, Federal University of Para

Professor of the geomorphology of rivers and estuaries

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