TY - GEN
T1 - A situational analysis of transport usage in zambia
T2 - 2nd African International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2020
AU - Sikazwe, Chikusela
AU - Mwanaumo, Erastus Mishengu
AU - Mambwe, Mwewa
AU - Mwale, Richard Kasongo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© IEOM Society International.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Zambia’s transportation policy highlights gaps in the transportation sector. This review focuses on analysing railway freight services and provides a departure from other similar reviews through a critical review of the Zambia railway sector gaps. The study sought to review existing literature, reports, and online information sources on Zambia railway freight services by grouping challenges into thematic groups. Causal loop analysis is used to identify cause and effect relationships among challenges specific to Zambia. Findings indicate that Zambia’s railroad infrastructure quality score (2.4) benchmarks below the average mean score (3.5) of all countries in 2017 and further benchmarks below the income group ‘eight-year average’ mean scores on infrastructure quality and train efficiency. Zambia has been recording declining railway volumes in terms of ton-km over a 37-years period. Five main thematic areas are identified as the main challenges for the railway sector in Zambia. These include infrastructure/ equipment gaps, quality gaps, human resource gaps, investment gaps, policy/political will/regional coordination gaps, and business viability gaps. The study recommends the need to improve investments in the railway sector and strengthen government commitment to resolve the majority of challenges currently associated with Zambia’s railway sector.
AB - Zambia’s transportation policy highlights gaps in the transportation sector. This review focuses on analysing railway freight services and provides a departure from other similar reviews through a critical review of the Zambia railway sector gaps. The study sought to review existing literature, reports, and online information sources on Zambia railway freight services by grouping challenges into thematic groups. Causal loop analysis is used to identify cause and effect relationships among challenges specific to Zambia. Findings indicate that Zambia’s railroad infrastructure quality score (2.4) benchmarks below the average mean score (3.5) of all countries in 2017 and further benchmarks below the income group ‘eight-year average’ mean scores on infrastructure quality and train efficiency. Zambia has been recording declining railway volumes in terms of ton-km over a 37-years period. Five main thematic areas are identified as the main challenges for the railway sector in Zambia. These include infrastructure/ equipment gaps, quality gaps, human resource gaps, investment gaps, policy/political will/regional coordination gaps, and business viability gaps. The study recommends the need to improve investments in the railway sector and strengthen government commitment to resolve the majority of challenges currently associated with Zambia’s railway sector.
KW - Modal perspective
KW - Railway Freight Services
KW - Situational Analysis
KW - Transport Usage
KW - Zambia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105604478&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85105604478
SN - 9781792361234
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
SP - 1347
EP - 1358
BT - Proceedings of the 2nd African International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 2020
PB - IEOM Society
Y2 - 7 December 2020 through 10 December 2020
ER -
