Port of Abidjan

New container terminal opens in Africa’s port of Abidjan

Port of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire has now a second box terminal which will increase the total container handling capacity of the port from 1 million TEUs to 2.5 million TEUs per year.

Additionally, the African port will be now able to receive vessels of 16 metres of draft capable of carrying up to 14,000 TEUs against 3,500 TEUs currently.

The construction of the new terminal, TC2, lasted 18 months and required an overall investment of 596 billion CFA francs (around US$950 million).

The new box...

https://container-news.com/new-container-terminal-opens-in-africas-port-of-abidjan/

First test port call at new container terminal in Abidjan has been completed

Between 12 and 14 October 2022, Côte d’Ivoire Terminal, holder of the concession for the new box terminal at the Port of Abidjan, successfully completed its first test port call by hosting the 1,879 TEU container vessel MSC Floriana.

The exercise lasted 50 hours and during this time the unloading and loading operations on the ship using the STS gantries, and of the handling of the containers at the yard with RTG cranes and Gaussin electric tractors were evaluated.

At the same time, the evaluation...

https://container-news.com/first-test-port-call-at-new-container-terminal-in-abidjan-has-been-completed/

Côte d’Ivoire Terminal receives six fleet gantries

Côte d’Ivoire Terminal, owned by APM Terminals and Bolloré Ports, took delivery of six fleet gantries for the second container terminal currently under construction at the Port of Abidjan.

This 30-metre-high handling equipment will be used for the loading, unloading and storage of containers in the container yard, according to Bolloré Ports, which said the new gantries supplied by ZPMC are equipped with a control system, and a new-generation power supply system that significantly reduces CO2...

https://container-news.com/cote-divoire-terminal-receives-six-fleet-gantries/

Gaussin provides Bolloré Ports CIT with new equipment

The French technology company Gaussin has started the delivery of 36 APM 75T Hot Environment (HE) electric tractors, 24 Powerpacks LMP and six charging stations to equip Bolloré Ports’ Côte d’Ivoire Terminal (CIT) in the Port of Abidjan.

This order, which represents a turnover of US$10.8 million and is scheduled for full delivery in the first half of the current year, is the largest since the launch of the APM 75T HE, a 100% electric tractor designed to transport containers in ports.

“Our...

https://container-news.com/gaussin-provides-bollore-ports-cit-with-new-equipment/

Against the odds: MSC’s Bolloré bid is complex – may leave CMA CGM exposed

MSC’s bid to purchase Bolloré’s African port business may transpire to be one of the largest single M&A moves in the transport and logistics sector – but it could also turn out to be hideously complex.
As DVZ’s editor-in-chief Sebastian Reimann noted in his commentary on the deal: “The many [African] acquisitions make it clear, however, that it is hardly possible to develop this promising, but also highly complex, market organically. …

The post Against the odds: MSC’s Bolloré bid is complex –...

https://theloadstar.com/against-the-odds-mscs-bollore-bid-is-complex-and-could-leave-cma-cgm-exposed/

Ivory coast dockers suspend strike in favour of negotiations

Striking Ivory Coast dockers in the country’s two major ports of Abidjan and San Pedro have suspended industrial action after the government agreed to negotiate a settlement to the dispute.
Both the ports were blocked from 17 to 20 December, with up to 600,000 tonnes of cocoa beans anticipated to be handled at the gateways by mid-January, with vessels already at berths loading cargo, subsequently becoming trapped by the strike action.
However, …

The post Ivory coast dockers suspend strike in...

https://theloadstar.com/ivory-coast-dockers-suspend-strike-in-favour-of-negotiations/

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