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The port of Dakar, located on the westernmost coast of Africa, is at the crossroad between Europe, North America, South America and sub-Sahara Africa. |
Dakar port is sheltered between two jetties forming a safe harbour. It has good anchorage with a draft of 15m at the harbour entrance. |
The port is divided into two main zones. The southern zone covers jetties N°1, 2 and 3. The northern zone covers the jetties N 4, N°5, N°8, the container terminal and the petroleum wharf. |
Southern Zone: Composed of 3 moles (1, 2, 3) with depth alongside between 8,5 and 10m. This area is dedicated to general cargo, transit cargo for Mali,passenger and vehicle traffic. 20% of the containerized traffic is passing by the southern zone, which is equipped with 15 mooring berths. |
The Northern Zone consists of 4 breakwaters, or moles (4,5,8 and 10), 1 container terminal, 1 petroleum wharf with depth alongside between 9 and 12 meters, 23 mooring berths, a total area 75,8ha, 14 ha container terminal TAC 1 and TAC 2, with an actual total area of 14ha to be brought to 20 after extension. |
Port Projects the 20 ha dry port project started in 2006. |
The prject consists in the building of an area dedicated to warehouses, including goods under the authority of customs and excise, offices dedicated to wholesalers, forwarders, and customs, waste collection unit, areas for vehicles manoeuvring and platforms, roads networks, parking for heavy trucks, vans, common services, workshops, fuel stations & a restaurant. |
