Bollore group invests over 4 billion in Dla port

Robert Nkili, Minister of transport, Friday in the economic capital, coordinated the official commissioning of 4 new cranes at the Park, acquired by Douala international terminal, dealer of the terminal container.

The international terminal in Douala, an entity of the Bolloré group, just put in service, four new cranes in order to strengthen the competitiveness of the port of Douala at the time when this port platform is engaged in a phase of decongestion of its space.

With an average capacity of 120 movements of containers per hour, 4 Park Gate which cost 2.4 billion CFA francs, have been operational since August 12, 2014. "They play an essential role in improving the productivity of the Terminal, by accelerating the processing of import containers," says a Communication official.

with the commissioning of new Park Gate, the decongestion of the port of Douala, is initiated. Also, the gradual return to normal started a few weeks ago and continues with the assistance of all port stakeholders. Today, the occupancy rate of export and import parks are respectively at 67% and 89% compared to 147% in May 2014.

"Even if they are slowed down by the bottleneck created by the large number of containers abandoned by importers, of more than 90 days of stay (more than 1,800 TEUs, and the high number of containers at the terminal for more than 30 days", laments the top management.

"Welcoming the efforts made, today, thanks to the efforts being put in place in conjunction with some shipping lines, the trend is improving. Today visible improvement must be maintained to continue the decongestion and taken emergency measures will conclude as a cause for satisfaction". The authorities said.

Response of the authorities to strengthen the competitiveness of the terminal in containers from the port of Douala amounted to nearly 7 billion of immediate acquisitions in less than three months, and more than 5 billion acquisition of the third medium-term portico and far-reaching reforms of its organisation.

Moreover, Park wood, Sepbc, is also on a positive dynamic. Daily evacuation rates reach a few times the cap of 4,000 m3 per day. Reducing congestion at this level is more noticeable with sparse spaces. As callbacks, 40% of the shares come from Bolloré group, 40% from the Maersk company, 15% from the State of Cameroon and finally 5% from the private sector.