Over USD114million earmarked for Phase Two at Kribi Port, Cameroon

The manager of the Kribi Container Terminal (KCT) welcomed the docking of a second vessel at the port on 14 October 2024, when it arrived with a further cargo of heavy port handling equipment. This milestone represents the commencement of Phase 2 of Cameroon’s investment in this pivotal shipping hub at the junction of Central and West Africa. The equipment unloaded that day consisted of thirteen RTG gantry cranes, two reach stacker container handlers and three empty handlers, used for used for handling empty container traffic. This equipment is in addition to the five STS quay gantries and two park gantries received on 12 September 2024 and together this equipment represents an investment of some USD80 million.

The facility at Kribi is enormous, while measured against other leading ports around Africa. It represents an area of 33 hectares, a draught of 16 metres and a quay length of 715 metres. When fully equipped Kribi Port will boast seven dock gantry cranes, twenty-five yard gantry cranes, five reach stackers, forty-eight port trackers, fifty-eight trailers, five empty handlers, seven weighbridges, a sophisticated port maintenance truck and six forklifts. The complex will include a state-of-the art workshop and a large administrative building. When all is up and running the total investment involved in Phase Two of KCT will come to the enormous sum of USD114 million, or about 70 billion CFA francs.

Commenting in the economic importance of the KCT development, David Azra, Director of KCT says: “In order to boost the economy of the Gulf of Guinea countries and to strengthen its position as a regional hub, KCT is committed – alongside the state of Cameroon – to the commissioning of Phase Two of the container terminal to strengthen not only the service of shipper and receiver customers, but also of shipowners, as soon as possible. This second phase will create more than 300 direct jobs, strengthen the industrial port platform of Kribi and boost economic exchanges throughout the sub-region”.