The port of Dakar, Senegal, will launch a tender process to find a private operator for its newly built dry port before the end of June. The dry port, 2km inland from Dakar seaport, has been built by the port authority at a cost of CFA16bn (US$35m) to ease congestion at existing port facilities and in downtown Dakar. “We have built the dry port but we’re not able to run it so will hand it over to the private sector and we will do it through a concession process,” a port authority official explained during a site tour on the sidelines of the recent Intermodal Africa conference in Dakar. “The company that will have it will be one that attracts cargo on the sea side,” he added.
The site includes warehousing, container storage and a container repair depot. The warehousing facilities comprise 1x 39,000sq metres, 3x 8,700sq metres, 1x 1,500sq metres and 4x 2,500sq metres. Additional land adjacent to the dry port has been reserved for to extend the site at a later date.
The site includes warehousing, container storage and a container repair depot. The warehousing facilities comprise 1x 39,000sq metres, 3x 8,700sq metres, 1x 1,500sq metres and 4x 2,500sq metres. Additional land adjacent to the dry port has been reserved for to extend the site at a later date.