Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African Trade
Trade within Africa is at an all-time low, with a lack of an optimal intermodal transportation network and a high cost of business serving as a deterrent to trade. This research studies Intra-African Trade within ECOWAS using a hierarchical spatial aggregation process to identify 27 nodes. Distance-...
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| description | Trade within Africa is at an all-time low, with a lack of an optimal intermodal transportation network and a high cost of business serving as a deterrent to trade. This research studies Intra-African Trade within ECOWAS using a hierarchical spatial aggregation process to identify 27 nodes. Distance-based weighted centrality measures employed TOPSIS to model a ranked node centrality of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) intermodal transport of railway, road, and waterway networks. The ten highest-ranking nodes identified from the mixed-integer linear program adopted as candidate hubs, thus selecting Ibeshe ferry terminal in Lagos and Tema Harbour in Accra for waterway; Thies, Ibadan, Conakry, Monrovia and Thies for railway; and Thies and Ibadan for road. We conclude with sensitivity analysis and a discussion of management implications for ECOWAS. This paper demonstrated that a limited number of transshipment hubs would encourage interregional trade and cut point-to-point transportation costs and lead to economic growth and development. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d6e27dd67a0a4b09b8ce6177896859ba2025-02-03T01:07:55ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation2042-31952022-01-01202210.1155/2022/2559663Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African TradeShi Jihui0Kesewa Opoku Agyemang1Cheng Zhaolin2School of Economics and ManagementSchool of Information EngineeringSchool of Economics and ManagementTrade within Africa is at an all-time low, with a lack of an optimal intermodal transportation network and a high cost of business serving as a deterrent to trade. This research studies Intra-African Trade within ECOWAS using a hierarchical spatial aggregation process to identify 27 nodes. Distance-based weighted centrality measures employed TOPSIS to model a ranked node centrality of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) intermodal transport of railway, road, and waterway networks. The ten highest-ranking nodes identified from the mixed-integer linear program adopted as candidate hubs, thus selecting Ibeshe ferry terminal in Lagos and Tema Harbour in Accra for waterway; Thies, Ibadan, Conakry, Monrovia and Thies for railway; and Thies and Ibadan for road. We conclude with sensitivity analysis and a discussion of management implications for ECOWAS. This paper demonstrated that a limited number of transshipment hubs would encourage interregional trade and cut point-to-point transportation costs and lead to economic growth and development.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2559663 |
| spellingShingle | Shi Jihui Kesewa Opoku Agyemang Cheng Zhaolin Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African Trade Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African Trade |
| title_full | Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African Trade |
| title_fullStr | Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African Trade |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African Trade |
| title_short | Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African Trade |
| title_sort | optimizing intermodal transport and hub location problem for ecowas in the context of improving intra african trade |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2559663 |
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