Logistics Centres Assessed as a Port City Decongesting Strategy: Case Study of a Nigerian Port City

Abstract

The work assessed the role of logistics center concept as a port city decongestion strategy. Logistics centers in world’s most modern ports were studied and the impacts they make on port efficiency noted. Port back up areas, freight villages as well as their connecting corridors were all evaluated to ascertain their contribution to port city traffic decongestion. The approach applied in the study involved the assessment of traffic situations in the Nigerian port city of Lagos. The paper suggested two solutions to the handling of port city congestion problems. The first is the formation of a rail linked logistics village positioned outside the city peripheries. The second is the formation of a waterfront port system logistics center linked by feeder vessels and hinterland rail connectivity. Pipeline linkages were also suggested for tank farms.