The CFA 282 billion project will be a veritable areana for multiple imports and exports.
Cameroon Kribi Deep Seaport-An Industrial Oriented Project.
Earmarked to be built at Grand Batanga, 10 kls south of Kribi,the Kribi Deep Seaport" sets out to be a multifaceted economic hob. Essencially designed to serve the needs of industrial companies, notably those involved in mining by transporting and receiving heavy equipment for mineral extraction, the port is equally expected to serve other purposes.
According to authorities of the Ministry of the Economy,Planning and Regional Development who presented the project last week to investors in Doula, the Kribi Deep seaport will harbour ships involved in the importation and exploration of containers. It will serve as traffic for iron ore in-puts and iron ore final products for exports extracted from the deposits at Mamelles situated 30 kilometres south east of Kribi and Mbalam,600kls from Kribi. The port will serve as traffic the importation of petroleum products.
The Kribi Deep Seaport will during its first phase witness the creating of basic port infrastructure including a 2,800-metre quay in the southern and western side of the port and 11 million cubic metres of drainage, four terminal points will be created, two, the container and petroleum products terminals in 2012 and two others, the Iron ore and aluminium terminals in 2010 and 2015 respectively.Also to be created will be a navigation terminal. The first phase will equally see the construction of parking lot,port buildings and terminals.
The CFA 282 billion estimates for the project will be used as follows: CFA 202 billion for port infrastructure and terminals, CFA 43 billion for terminal superstructure and CFA 37 billion for equipment. The building of the Kribi Deep Seaport will be accompanied by other tributary projects, These include creation of land services and integrating them to the national and Central African road network, notably the Kribi-Ebolowa- Sangmelima-Ouesso (Congo Brazzaville) and Sangmelima Nola-Kisangani(Democratic Republic of Congo); creation of rail way services linked to the port; defination of a commercial and industrial development plan around the port and construction of a thermal electric station to furnish energy to the port and to a the future commercial and industrial zone.
The project will be executed based on the public-private sector partnership. The construction of terminals will be carried out on the basis of investors desire. The public partner will be financing the constrution of the basic port infrastructure while the private sector partner will finance the superstructure and the equipment.
Regards Westcott.
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