China interested in the port and industrial complex of Kribi WRITTEN BY CAMEROON TRIBUNE Sunday, January 9, 2011 11:25 p.m. ShareThis The Chinese Vice Minister of Transport Gao Hongfeng went last Saturday identify areas in which his country may invest. A number of projects to support will grow over the coming years around the deepwater port of Kribi. In addition to the hub port on which work started last December by the excavation, a large complex industry will emerge on the same site. Businesses Cam Iron, Sundance Limited intend to install a terminal Lolab ore for export around 35 million tonnes of ore per year from ships that can carry 300,000 tons. Which requires a draft of 24 meters to allow ships of such a volume can dock. From the site of Mboro, may be exported alumina, aluminum, liquefied natural gas, oil and general merchandise. It was announced by the commissioning in 2016 of an alumina plant with a capacity of 400,000 tonnes of metal per year initially. Production likely to evolve over the years. The Cameroon Society of petroleum deposits (PICS) and a foreign partner also aspire to develop on the same site of oil storage facilities with an annual capacity of 3 million tons. From deposits of bauxite and Mini Ngaoundal Martap, Cameroon Alumina account for its share of developing storage and transfer of aluminum. In the same vein, a gas liquefaction plant on the initiative of the National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH) and GDF Suez will also grow soil Mboro with a capacity of 3 to 4 million tonnes of natural gas per year. Announced the construction of multipurpose and specialized devices called facilitate the processing of 400,000 containers per year for the handling of cargo and under agreement. At the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Planning, is reported an influx of applications from operators and investors in the sectors of cement and steel.
In taking leave of the site Mboro, Chinese Vice Minister of Transport did not hide his satisfaction following the many possibilities that he just discovered. "Kribi has a natural site for a good deep water port. It is an important project that we intend to pursue with the Cameroonian government. China will share its experience in this area with Cameroon, "Gao Hongfeng launched. Already, China proposes to link the town of Kribi site Mboro, distant about thirty miles from a paved road within three months.
"The government needs a port for the economy" [interview]
Guy Daniel Abouna Zoa, director of infrastructure at the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Land Use Planning, a representative of MINEPAT.
In what context do you see the visit of Chinese Vice Minister of Transport to the construction site of the deepwater port of Kribi?
It is already a goodwill visit on an invitation of the Cameroon government. It's also a visit to assess the needs that can be presented by the Cameroonian side of the commitments made by the Chinese government in the last China-Africa Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh. Less than a technical tour is a visit to assess the progress of our projects. Kribi on the site is also to see what can be done by the Chinese side to contribute to the development of port and industrial complex of Kribi.
Apart from the implementation of the hub port, we announced the development of a number of projects to support ...
Anyway, the action plan of the project is due to the project itself and accompanying projects. The notion that the government has chosen is an industrial and port. Beyond the port facilities, we have the industrial area and all facilities which provide the connection between the inter-land and the harbor area. It is therefore obvious that we need in terms of roads, rail links and facilities for various port can actually be a port of operation for our economy.
When is the start of work on this port and industrial complex since those of the port itself under the advancing excavation of the site?
From the moment the work of the port started, the sequences will be in programs that have been identified at Steering Committees and approved by the government
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