The French shipping group; Bollore says it has plans to invest up to US$79 million on infrastructure for the Port of Abidjan.
According to Dominique Lafont, head of Bollore’s Africa division, the investment will have doubled the capacity of the Abidjan container terminal by 2015. Lafont said Bollore had already made significant investments in the port’s container terminal since assuming management of the terminal in 2004.
The French shipping group; Bollore says it has plans to invest up to US$79 million on infrastructure for the Port of Abidjan.
According to Dominique Lafont, head of Bollore’s Africa division, the investment will have doubled the capacity of the Abidjan container terminal by 2015. Lafont said Bollore had already made significant investments in the port’s container terminal since assuming management of the terminal in 2004.
Reports say the terminal capacity will be increased from the current 800,000 TEUs to 1.5 million TEUs with four new Ship-to-Shore cranes enabling three container ships to be worked at the same time.
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