Bolloré Group is to invest US$200 million at Guinea’s main port of Conakry to expand facilities by 2013, ifw-net reports.
The French group will deepen an access channel to the harbour to 13.5 metres from the current 9.5 metres, and build two quays to allow Conakry to handle the larger containerships that currently have to go to Dakar, in Senegal, for offloading.
Bolloré was awarded the contract for the Conakry port in March, two days after Guinea President Alpha Conde cancelled a 2008 deal between the West African nation and NCT Necotrans Group unit Getma International, citing a “breach of dealer obligations”.
The French group will deepen an access channel to the harbour to 13.5 metres from the current 9.5 metres, and build two quays to allow Conakry to handle the larger containerships that currently have to go to Dakar, in Senegal, for offloading.
Bolloré was awarded the contract for the Conakry port in March, two days after Guinea President Alpha Conde cancelled a 2008 deal between the West African nation and NCT Necotrans Group unit Getma International, citing a “breach of dealer obligations”.