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• TITLE: Hinterland Intermodal Freight Flow Optimization for Ports Competition Evidence of West Africa ECOWAS Region

  AUTHORS: Brou Mathias Allate

  KEYWORDS: Port Hinterland, Port Competition, Intermodal Transport Optimization, West Africa, Lingo Language

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol.9 No.4, April 23, 2019

  ABSTRACT: Major problem considered in this study was the intermodal routing problem of regional freight transportation in West Africa ECOWAS (Economic Community Of West Africa States), which can be defined as the problem of determining the freight flow quantity, the transportation mode in each transit corridor while satisfying the freight demand at each West Africa transit country (Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger). The objective was to minimize in land transportation costs. In order to solve optimally and represent the problem, this research employed a linear programming model. The model was solved using Lingo Mathematic Application. The model results showed that port oriented freight logistics in west Africa ECOWAS region do not flow along optimal path and such incur longer time and higher logistics cost than is geographically necessary.