Panel 4 – Maritime Transport

Theme: "Ports, catalysts of logistics performance and levers for the development of maritime cabotage in West Africa"

Objectives of the panel :

• Explore the necessary transformation of West African seaports and dry ports from a role of transport infrastructure operator to that of conductor of regional logistics performance and operational efficiency of development corridors.
• Discuss the issues and challenges of sub-regional maritime cabotage as a potential lever for decongestion in ports in the port-city relationship and sustainability towards carbon-free transport.
• Examine the role of human capital in the process of strategic transformation of ports in the dynamics of development corridors.

Key Note Speaker : Mr. Nabil ABDOULAYE, Technical Advisor for Transport and Territorial Mobility, Ministry of Living Environment and Transport in charge of Sustainable Development, Benin

Speakers :

1. Mr Jean-Marie Koffi, Secretary General, AGPAOC (Port Management Association of West and Central Africa)

2. Mr Mario Lievens, Deputy Director General of Port of Antwerp Bruges International (partner Port Autonome de Cotonou)

3. Mr Gregory Krief, General Director Togo, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC - LCT partner - Lomé Container Terminal)

4. Mr Moubarak Moukaila, Director of Sustainable Development Financing, West African Development Bank (BOAD)