Co-operation in training of port and shipping personnel

Abstract

Many African countries in general and the PTA countries in particular are facing serious problems of management and of lack of skilled shipping and port personnel. Port productivity and modernization of facilities and equipment are lagging behind the needs of traffic, causing congestion, low degree of utilization of assets and increase in transport costs. As pointed out various sessions of the ECA Conference of Ministers, the over-all progress of the merchant fleet of African countries has been minimal.