Development of Containerisation in the Port of Conakry
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World Maritime University The Maritime Commons: Digital Repository of the World Maritime University World Maritime University Dissertations Dissertations 1992 Development of containerisation in the Port of Conakry Oumou Barry WMU Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.wmu.se/all_dissertations Recommended Citation Barry, Oumou, "Development of containerisation in the Port of Conakry" (1992). World Maritime University Dissertations. 893. https://commons.wmu.se/all_dissertations/893 This Dissertation is brought to you courtesy of Maritime Commons. Open Access items may be downloaded for non- commercial, fair use academic purposes. No items may be hosted on another server or web site without express written permission from the World Maritime University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WORL..D I T T MIE IIM VERS I TY Mrf=kI_.IMO _ SUIEDEINJ OE CO«Nl-r<=H IMER I Sl=lT I OM RORT OE COr4<=iKRY ” BY OUMOU B#=lRRY < REELJBL I C OE OUIInJEP»i> A dissertation submitted to the World Maritime University in partial -fulfillment of requirements for the award of the? DEGREE OE Mi=%SYER OE SC T EIMCE I M GEIMER#=kL MARITIME I lvl I ST-Rf^lT I OM Y«=^r- o-F Grr^cdu.^'tx on I certify that all material in this dissertation which is not my own work has been identified and that no material is included for which a degree has been previously conferred upon me. The contents of this dissertation reflect my personal views and are not necessarly endorsed by the University. (Signature)- (Date) Co—assessed by: Captain Werner Kybart Port Planning, Bremer Lagerhavs Gesellshaft Bremen, Bermany #=n c k: ivi o w i_. ie: D13 e: e; iNj T s I would like to acknowledge that this paper owes its existence to the Guinea government, especially to the National Director o-f Merchant Marine Mr. BADRAS YORA, Mr. BANGALY CAMARA General Director o-f the Autonomous Port o-f Conakry who reali:^ed me to participate in the two years General Maritime Administration course at World Maritime University and I express my sincere gratitude to ICOD (International Centre For Dcean Development) tor sponsoring and providing the tund. 1 am particularly gratetul to professor T, SAMPSON responsible of the General Maritime Administration course and Y. BOIXEL senior lecturer WMIJ, professor P. Al. DERTON for their assistance, advice, suggestions and comments during my period of study. I would like also to acknowledge the assistance of the Directorate of the Autonomous Port of Le Havre, and deeply appreciate the courtesy and consideration with which i was received by the staff of the port of le Havre. My gratitude goes to all my colleagues at WMU and to my t collaborators in my office for their advise, encouragements and moral assistance during my stay in Sweden. My gratitude goes also to all the distinguished resident and visiting professors for their academic help given to me during the course. Thanks are also extended to my wonderful Swedish family Mss. NQRDMARK BRITTA and sister , Mss. PAWLA NYLAND, my two country men Mr. JIMMY TOURE and family, Mr. CISSOKO and wife that made my stay in Sweden a pleasant and memorable. T would like also to acknowledge the assistance of the English lecturers: Ms THIEL TERESA and Ms INGER BATISTA Finally, i would like to thank my wonderful family for their assistance and forbearance in the prolonged separation and their extended support and encouragement to make it possible for me to pursue my studies in Sweden at WMU. ]B S T R O T Contai ner i sat.i on brought about, structural changes not only in sea transport but also in land modes o-f transport. The technological adaptation to the container permitted the realization of door—to-door transport, The intermodality of containers allowed for the introduction of new organizational systems based on the needs of the cargo rather than on the character!sties of individual transport modes, the major effective change being the ability to transport goods by more than one mode of transport on the basis of a single document, the multimortal transport document. Multimodal transport of container may also be looked upon as a response to changing transport requirements. Transport. no longer constitutes and isolated process of moving goods from one point to another but has become an integral part of total production and marketing processes in the context of marketing logistic concepts. 1 j. a DE:D I CrfSkTEO TO my wonder-ful parents particularly my late -father SAIKOU YAYA, my mother FATOUMATA DOUMBOUYA. To the memory o-f ma late sister AISSATOU BOBO BARRY. To my husband and -future children T-(P%OL_ OF^ COIMTIEIM-rS TITLE....................................................... PAGES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................................. i i ABSTRACT............. iii ABBRA V TATI ONS............................................... viii MAPS.......... X INTRODUCTION.................................................... 1 CHAPTER ONE PRESENTATION OF THE AUTONOMOUS PORT OF CONAKRY.............. 8 X" 1.1. History 0-f The Port................................10 1.2. Evolution 0-f The Port............. .11 1.3. Description 0-f The Port............... 13 f 1.3.1. Infrastructures...... 15 1.3.2. Equipment.......... .............................. 15 . CHAPTER TWO V THE PORT OF CONAKRY BEFORE CONTAINERISATION 19 2.1. Traffic Of The Port................................19 2-2. Evolution Of The Traffic....................... ...27 2.3. Structure Of The Traffic......... 30 2.3.1. Traffic In Bulk............. 32 2.3.2. Traffic In General Cargo.............. 32 V CHAPTER THREE FACILITIES AND SERVICES SUPPLY............................... 36 3.1. The Role 0-F The Port...............................36 3.2. Public Facilities............................. .....38 3.2.1. Passengers and cargo........................... 38 3.2.2. Warehouses............ 39 3.2.3. Coastal shipping................................ 39 CHAPTER FOUR INTRODUCTION OF CONTAINERISATION IN THE PORT.... .40 4.1. Presentation Of Containerised Trat-f ic. .. .42 4.2. Evolution And Analysis Of The Traffic..... ......56 4.3. The Trade Ratio Of Container In West Africa......59 4.4. Container Throughput In The Region........... ....62 CHAPTER FIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTAINER TERMINAL AND ITS ACTIVITIES...68 5.1. Structure Of The Yard.............................. 68 5.1.1. Container Storage....... ...68 5.1.2. Storage Area For Import.................... .....71 5.1.3. Storage Area For Export................. 71 5.1.4. Containers Handling Alongside the Quay.......... 72 5.1.5. System of Stuffing And Stripping............... 73 5.2.Computerisation Data System/Documentation.........74 5.2.1. Computerisation Data System..................... 74 5.2.2. Documentation in the Port............... 78 5.2.3. Stevedoring. ................... 80 5.3. Relations Of The Park With The Hinterlands..... 83 vi CHAPTER SIX CONTAINERISATION AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT IN AFRICA........ 89 6.1. The African Transport System.....................89 6.2. Sub-region.............................. ..........92 6.3. Situation Of Transport In Guinea.................. 94 6.4. Concept of Multimodal Transport.................. 98 6.5. Multimodal Transport And Containerisation....... 101 6.6. The Land-Locked Countries And The Transit Problems. ............. 103 CHAPTER SEVEN THE NEW CONTAINER TERMINAL AND ITS FUTURE MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES.... ...... 108 7.1, Brief Description Of The New Terminal ............ 108 7.1.1. Regulationn Of The Eploitation................. 109 7.1.2, Management Of the Terminal........... .........112 7.1.3. Benefits Of The Terminal............. .........115 7.2. Impact Of Containerisation On the National Economy.......... 117 7.3. Benefits Of Containerisation for the Port....... 121 CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATIONS................................ 122 GENERAL CONCLUSION........................................... 122 RECOMMENDATIONS.............................................. 126 BIBLIOGRAPHY................... 139 ANNEXES................................ 142 vi i (^EtOFcEV* I I OIMS AB ; Abidjan AGEMAP: Association Guineenne des Entreprises de Manutention Portuairs. BMOP r Bureau de la Main d'Oeuvre Portuaire CA : Calabar CK s Conakry CO ! Cotonou CT : Container Terminal DA : Dak ar DO : Douala EMIN : Empty In EMU : Empty Out ENTRAT; Entreprise National de Transit et. Transport FC : Full Container FR : Freetown GETMA : Societe Guineenne d'Entreprise des Transports Mari times et Aeriens IDREM : Institut de Documentation, de Recherches et d'Etudes Maritimes. Abi'djan (Cote d'Ivoire). LA ! Lagos LCL : Less Container Load L.I : Librevilie LO ; Lome MA : Matadi MT : Empty Container MTTP : Ministers des Tranports et Travaux Publics PAC : Port Autonome de Conakry PG : Port Gentil PH : Port Harcout PN ; Point Noir SOAEM ! Societe Quest A-fricaine d'Entreprises Maritimes. SOCOPAO Societe Commerciale des Ports de I'A-frique de 1'Quest. SOGIJICOM: Societe Guineenne de Consignation et de Manutention ST : Sao Tome TAC : Terminal a Container TEU : Twenty Foot Equivalent Units WA : Warri VI X 1 MAP ^ Ft I C 3) [T] 1 C X rH n 0 n 0 cH zrn IMTRODUCT X OM Today the shipping industry is highlighted by the revolution o-f the containerisation transport system which is an important tool to rationalize the national and international strategies and policies to the overall development. Containerisation is the modern contribution to the historic trend of diminishing transport costs and is therefore irresistible. As containerisation is not science fiction, the considerable reduction