CAMEROON : CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TERMINAL AT THE PORT OF DOUALA-BONABÉRI
The Director General of the Douala Port Authority (PAD), Mr. Cyrus Ngo’o and the General Administrator of the KTH Company signed last Thursday, March 31st, a Convention for the construction, operation and renovation before retrocession to the PAD, of 42 ha of mixed bulk carriers terminals.
With a total cost of 280 billion CFA francs, this project is carried out under a BOT type agreement: financing entirely sought by the promoter without endorsement or guarantee from the PAD, for a period of 5 years of construction and 25 years of operation.
With a length of 900 linear meters of quay on the right bank of the Wouri River of the Port of Douala-Bonabéri, the construction of this new terminal is divided into 2 phases:
Phase 1 :
- 450 ml of quay Silos with a cumulative capacity of 30,000 tons
- Road and railroad
- Weighing station
- Maintenance workshop
- Administrative building R+3 of 200 sqm
- Electricity supply station
- Fire fighting system
- Equipped parking lot
- Three warehouses of 2000, 3000 and 10.500 m² respectively
- Storage area
- Pipe connections
- Access gate
Phase 2 :
- 450 ml of quay Silos with a cumulative capacity of 30,000 tons (continued from phase 1)
- Road and railroad (continued phase 1)
- Weighing station (continued phase 1)
- Maintenance workshop (continued phase 1)
- Administrative building R+3 of 200 m²
- Electricity supply station
- Extension of the fire fighting system
- Extension of the equipped parking lot
- Construction of additional warehouses
- Expansion of storage area
- Construction of 900 ml of quay including supply of all handling equipment silos with a total capacity of 60,000 tons built and conveyors installed
- Roads and railroads built
- 04 warehouses of which two of 3000 and two of 2000 m² built
- 02 warehouses of 10500 m² each storage areas built
- pipes built and put into service
- fire fighting system built
- two administrative buildings of R+3 built
Let us recall that this construction is part of the great process of physical transformation of the port of Douala-Bonabéri through the renovation, modernization and development of the capacities of reception and handling of goods.
