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APM Terminals, Bolloré and Bouygues have signed the contract for according to container the terminal of Abidjan
the harbour system will have a annual ability to traffic pairs to two million teu
December 24, 2013
The representatives of the consortium constituted from the APM Terminals of shipowning group Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk and from the French Bolloré Africa Logistics and Bouygues has undersigned with ministers of the Ivory Coast Gaoussou Toure (Trasporti), Kaba Nialé (Economy) and Abdourahmane Cisse (Finances) and with Independent the general manager of the Port of Abidjan (PAA) the contract of concession for the realization and the management of according to container the terminal of the port of Abidjan ( on 22 March 2013).
The contract, of the duration 21-year-old, previews that the concessionary society Whetstone of Ivoire satisfied Terminals a right of income of 120 million euros and backs a annual canon of 22 million euros. The initial investment that the concessionaire will have to face in order to equip the terminal, that will be equipped of six crane of dock and 15 cranes of large square, will pile to about 244 million euros. From part its Port Independent of Abidjan engages itself to realize harbour infrastructures and the dredging of the channels of access to the terminal with a total investment of the value of about 580 million euros.
The new terminal will have a annual ability to traffic pairs to two million container teu.
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