The deep-water port of Kribi has been open since 1 March 2017

The deep-water port of Kribi will be commissioned on 1 March 2017

(Business in Cameroon) - On 1 March 2018, the Kribi deep-water port will be commissioned and ready to receive the first commercial boats. This was announced Lionel Odeyer, Managing Director of CMA-CGM Camerounthe French shipowner who is part of the consortium that won the contract to build the container terminal at this port in southern Cameroon. It was after a meeting with Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo'o, Cameroon's Minister of Transport.

"We have just studied the conditions for the opening of the Kribi terminal, as we are partners in this project that will help modernise Cameroon's economy. The meeting with the minister allowed us to study these conditions and raise the two or three points that we still need to examine. The meeting was extremely productive and maintain the current deadline, which is 1 March st for the opening."

so said the CEO to Quotidien gouvernemental .

According to the French shipowner, the first commercial boats to enter the Kribi port, which has been waiting to be started up for more than two years, will leave Asia from 15 January 2018.

"There will be many weekly stops. There will be one stop coming directly from Asia and we will also have two weekly services coming directly from Europe and the Westman side (Italy and Spain),' said Lionel Odeyer.

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