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Figure 2: 2016 LPI scores and 2016-2017 GCI scores of the OIC countries
Source: Author from the World Bank World Development Indicators and World Economic Forum (2016)
Another measure is the World Bank’s Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI) which aims at
capturing a country's level of integration into the existing liner shipping network. As can be seen
in Table 4, the 2016 LSCI scores show that Malaysia (106.8), UAE (70.6), Morocco (64.7), and
Egypt (62.5) are well connected to the global shipping network whereas Albania (3.9), Brunei
(4), Guinea Bissau (4.5), and Guyana (4.9) are least connected.
One implication of Table 4 is that the best performing countries have large transhipment ports
(e.g. Malaysia, Morocco, and Egypt) and gateway ports (e.g. Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey).
Secondly, the least performing countries are either not located on the main liner shipping
services or lack the physical and operational capacity to serve large container ships (COMCEC,
2015).
Albania
Algeria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Benin
Brunei
Cameroon
Chad
Egypt
Gabon
Indonesia
Iran
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Tajikistan
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
UAE
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00
Global Competitiveness Index (GCI)
2016–2017
Logistics Performance Index (LPI)
2016