TOGO: French logistics company Bollore is set to begin construction of a third container berth at the Port of Lome

Record ID: 863331

  • Title: TOGO: French logistics company Bollore is set to begin construction of a third container berth at the Port of Lome
  • Date: 17th April 2012
  • Summary: LOME, TOGO (RECENT) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF NEW CRANE BEING REMOVED FROM A CONTAINER PORT WORKERS LOOKING ON MORE OF CRANE BEING REMOVED FROM CONTAINER VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF LOME'S PORT AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS VARIOUS OF SIGNING OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOGOLES GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND HEAD OF FRENCH CONSTRUCTION FIRM BOLLORE VARIOUS OF DELEGATES APPLAUDING AT CEREMONY NINSAO GNOFAM, TOGO'S MINISTER OF TRANSPORT SPEAKING TO DELEGATES (SOUNDBITE) (French) NINSAO GNOFAM, TOGO'S MINISTER OF TRANSPORT SAYING: "Socially, the construction and modernisation of the third berth container will be an engine to create hundreds of new jobs. The project will also provide opportunities for local togolese project managers to learn new skills and receive quality training." MORE OF PORT OF LOME VARIOUS OF CRANE MOVING CONTAINERS VARIOUS OF BOATS DOCKED AT LOME PORT
  • Embargoed: 2nd May 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Togo, Togo
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  • Country: Togo
  • Topics: Business,Industry,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVACK7HCY90YN4N5XZFFQ6OX7G9T
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  • Story Text: In its ambition to be a regional trade post, the Togolese government recently signed a contract with French logistics company to build a 640 million US dollars third container birth in the port of Lome.
    The construction and other planned expansions of the new quay that is set to begin in May, would double the number of ships docked at the port. Currently, the two existing quays are capable of docking six ships.
    The port of Lome is considered to be a key trade point for Sahelian countries including Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. The port situated at Togo's southern-most tip, is a hive of economic activity with around 900ha of industrial park holding shipping containers stacked six stories high by mobile cranes which ferry to and fro from docking ships.
    Key to the new projetct will be the creation of hundreds of new jobs for Togolese people.
    "Socially, the construction and modernisation of the third berth container will be an engine to create hundreds of new jobs. The project will also provide opportunities for local togolese project managers to learn new skills and receive quality training," said Togo's Ntransport minister, Ninsao Gnofam at the agreemmetn signing.
    According to the Wolrld Bank, port traffic in Lome has doubled to 8m tonnes per year, mainly due increased container traffic.
    Although much of it consisted of imports, Togo's export growth averaged 35 percent over the same period, with cocoa, teak and coffee registering significant increases.
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