TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainable inland port development
T2 - Integrated framework applied to Modjo Dry Port Ethiopia
AU - Munters, Anniek
AU - Wiegmans, Bart
AU - Tavasszy, Lorant
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Scientific research on dry port development often focuses on advanced economies and is mostly lacking for developing countries such as Ethiopia. This paper developed a new integrated framework with three pillars (social, environmental, economics) for dry port development and its applicability is tested for Modjo Dry Port (MDP) in Ethiopia. The results indicate that most stakeholders prefer more efficient operations either on the current terminal or on an increased size terminal. Furthermore, the labour component is regarded as very important (high employment levels at the MDP terminal; approximately 1000) while in the scientific literature this is regarded as much less important. In Africa, employing people is important and reflects the desire to increase the labour force of MDP even further when expanding. This is remarkable as usually productivity growth results in a reduction in employees, especially given the already very high employment numbers for MDP. Finally, the relative equal importance of most sub-criteria results in a status quo where no decision is taken or the most optimal decision is not advocated.
AB - Scientific research on dry port development often focuses on advanced economies and is mostly lacking for developing countries such as Ethiopia. This paper developed a new integrated framework with three pillars (social, environmental, economics) for dry port development and its applicability is tested for Modjo Dry Port (MDP) in Ethiopia. The results indicate that most stakeholders prefer more efficient operations either on the current terminal or on an increased size terminal. Furthermore, the labour component is regarded as very important (high employment levels at the MDP terminal; approximately 1000) while in the scientific literature this is regarded as much less important. In Africa, employing people is important and reflects the desire to increase the labour force of MDP even further when expanding. This is remarkable as usually productivity growth results in a reduction in employees, especially given the already very high employment numbers for MDP. Finally, the relative equal importance of most sub-criteria results in a status quo where no decision is taken or the most optimal decision is not advocated.
KW - developing world
KW - inland ports
KW - sustainable dry ports
KW - terminal design.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108009386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/WRITR.2021.115409
DO - 10.1504/WRITR.2021.115409
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108009386
SN - 1749-4729
VL - 10
SP - 106
EP - 130
JO - World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research
JF - World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research
IS - 2
ER -