MCC acknowledges that alternative investment strategies (other than port expansion and improvement) could have been more impactful, especially if it addressed institutional reforms: i. A better understanding of port operations and shippers needs could have significantly increased both the port’s operating capacity and shippers’ use of the port with minimal physical infrastructure investments; ii. Opportunities to press for critical improvements in port management and staffing were wholly missed – leaving port operations as they had been, largely non-responsive to shippers’ and consignees’ needs.
Lesson Learned