Dubai has signed in Dakar an MoU with Senegalese government whereby DP World will build and develop a logistics free zone in the vicinity of the new Blaise Diagne International Airport, not far from DP World – Dakar Terminal in the outskirts of Senegal’s capital city of Dakar.
According to Bin Sulayem, the new logistics free zone in Senegal, is expected to be one of the most advanced and well - organized free zones in Africa and globally, using the world’s latest state - of - the - art equipment and technology in the operation and management of the zone. The project will also add new jobs for Senegalese workforce, which would further boost economic growth and social welfare in the country.
The Chairman of DP World and PCFC affirmed that: “The new logistics fre e zone complements DP World’s leading investments in DP World - Dakar Terminal, which stands as West Africa’s largest and most modern container terminal after a new terminal was built in the facility in November 2011, doubling capacity to over 600,000 TEU.