Dla International Terminal puts into service new portals

Congestion in the port of Douala is detrimental to all the principal actors and other users of this harbor space. Among the emergency solutions for its decongestion, the Douala international terminal (SAID), dealer of the container terminal in the port of Douala, originates, in a formal manner, to put into service four new portals.

The event was chaired Friday in the economic capital by Robert Nkili, minister of transport. The gantries of park are presented as of lifting art appliances intended to ensure delivery to trucks on the device. "With an average capacity of 120 container movements per hour, the 04 gates park plays an essential role in the improvement of the productivity of the device, including, expediting the processing of containers for import.

The press release indicates in the wake that the acquisition of the new gantry cranes is an investment with a value of 4 billion CFA francs that fits into the framework of the measures taken to ease congestion at the port of Douala.

The commissioning effective since 12 August 2014 of the new deployment in the treatment of containers has not waited a long time to produce the desired effects.

Thus, to this day, indicate our sources at the port of Douala, the occupancy rate of the parks with exports and imports are at 67% and 89% against 147% respectively in May 2014. "The cranes of park puts into service will contribute to substantially improve the performance of our container Terminal, vital lever of economic development of Cameroon.

These gantries park will accelerate the speed of delivery for trucks and ships. They are going to make it more competitive, and thus allow the port of Douala to continue to play a role in the socio-economic development of Cameroon, Chad and the CAR. With the support of the government, the National Port Authority, the general Direction of the port of Douala, Customs and actors of the port sector, the decongestion will materialise.