Better logistics performance can create benefits in terms of trade expansion, economic diversification and the attraction of foreign direct investment. According to the World Bank (2010) those countries with the best logistics performance experience 1 per cent growth in GDP and 2 per cent in trade as a result. Low income countries are of course disadvantaged due to the lack of financial means to invest in corridors towards distribution centers and final markets in the hinterland. For this reason logistics activity and distribution are increasingly being developed further inland and away from the congested ports, in turn making their intermodal connectivity with the ports and the coordination between various transport intermediaries of upmost importance (Notteboom & Rodrigue, 2005; Van der Horst & De Langen, 2008).