Cameroon will double the number of terminals at the Kribi deep-sea port in the south of the country to four after the government adjusted its plans to meet new traffic forecasts. “Traffic projections have changed, many other factors have changed and the advisory engineer has proposed that we readapt the construction plan,” said Louis Paul Motaze, Minister for the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, in an interview in Yaounde yesterday.
The first terminal will be in the town of Kribi, located 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of the capital, Yaounde. The second will be at Grand Batanga, two kilometers south of Kribi, with a third a further three kilometers away, at Mboro. The fourth terminal will be in Lolabe, another three kilometers southwards, Motaze said.
Under the original plans, the port would have had two terminals, at Kribi and Grand Batanga.
The readjustment has taken into account the new traffic forecasts, as well as the physical characteristics of the site, “optimal cost of construction, economic benefits and environmental protection,” said Project Director Louis Nlend Banack in a separate interview.
The Kribi terminal will specialize in fishing and leisure activities, Grand Batanga in tourism and industrial fishing, Mboro in industrial, commercial and naval activities, and Lolabe in iron ore and mineral transportation, Nlend Banack said.
The first phase of the port is expected to cost 282 billion CFA francs ($544 million) with construction beginning in December. It is expected to be operational by end of 2013, the government said.
The first terminal will be in the town of Kribi, located 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of the capital, Yaounde. The second will be at Grand Batanga, two kilometers south of Kribi, with a third a further three kilometers away, at Mboro. The fourth terminal will be in Lolabe, another three kilometers southwards, Motaze said.
Under the original plans, the port would have had two terminals, at Kribi and Grand Batanga.
The readjustment has taken into account the new traffic forecasts, as well as the physical characteristics of the site, “optimal cost of construction, economic benefits and environmental protection,” said Project Director Louis Nlend Banack in a separate interview.
The Kribi terminal will specialize in fishing and leisure activities, Grand Batanga in tourism and industrial fishing, Mboro in industrial, commercial and naval activities, and Lolabe in iron ore and mineral transportation, Nlend Banack said.
The first phase of the port is expected to cost 282 billion CFA francs ($544 million) with construction beginning in December. It is expected to be operational by end of 2013, the government said.