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The port of Cotonou is a deep water port mainly used for the imports of cereals and gypsum used in the construction and agricultural industries. Cotton and kapok are the main exports. |
During 1989-1991 the port was upgraded under a rehabilitation scheme costing nearly 2.5 billion CFA. |
The port zone covers 400,000m2. It has 8 berthing stations divided into 4 berths of 155m for conventional vessels, 2 classical berths of 180m for conventional vessels and 1 berth of 220m for container vessels and 1 berth at the end of the commercial quay to take roll on, roll off vessel. |
Cotonou port offers both bonded and unbounded warehousing. The bonded area covers an area of 57,000m2 with a container depot of 65,000 m2 and a free zone reserved for Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. |
The government of Benin has granted a port area of 10,000 m2 to Chad for receiving, warehousing and reexporting of merchandise to and from this country. Total traffic from Chad via the port of Cotonou increased from 14,317 tonnes in 2001 to 30,422 tonnes in 2007, a 112.48% increase. |
Cotonou is the major transit port for Nigeria, Niger, Burkina and Togo and has a strong import market with high demand for a wide range of commodities including petroleum products, foodstuffs and light consumer goods. |
The Millennium Challenge Account [MCA] is financing a construction of two new quays known as “Quay Sud”. The Bolloré group and Societe de Manutention du Terminal a Conteneurs de Cotonou [SMTC] has won the concession of this project for the next 25 years. |
