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Cotonou port map
Cotonou port facilities
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Map reference number and Description
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Length (m)
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Draught (m)
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1
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Berths 1 to 3 : General Cargo |
620
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9.25
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1
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Berth 4 : General Cargo |
620
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9.5 - 10
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2
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Berth 5 : Car carriers / Heavy general cargo |
200
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10
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3
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Berths 6, 7, 8 : Containers & roro vessels |
500
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10
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4
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East breakwater / jetty : Tanker vessel (oil, palm, oil, ...) and Bulk vessels (clinker, gypsum, wheat, fertilizer, ...) |
400
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9.5
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5
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Oryx berth : private berth for tanker vessels 200 or bunkering operations by Addax/Oryx |
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9.5 - 10
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Only berth 5 is dedicated for heavy general cargo vessel when berth is free of container vessel/roro. When vessel lighted, it is shifted between berths 2, 3, 4 if same are available.
2 private container terminal operators SMTC (Bollore) and COMAN (Maersk) with two shore cranes avalaible at quay 6-8 / Tanker vessels : daylight berthing/sailing only / Draught is calculated basis high tide. / Port entrance : 10 m. / Water density : 1,021 / 1,025 Weather : Prevailing blow from the SW / State Owned stevedoring : SOBEMAP (No shore crane) / No private stevedoring for breakbulk vessel / Two kind of grabbs 2.5 mt empty - 5 cbm and 3.5 mt - 8 cbm. / ISPS Code : 1
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> Cotonou port facilities
>> Storage capacities
| Bonded warehouses |
570,000 sqm
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| Container storage area |
91,000 sqm
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| General cargo storage yard |
60,000 sqm
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Plugs for reefer containers
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56
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| Free storage zone for cargo in transit to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger |
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>> Stevedoring equipment
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Quantity
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Capacity
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| Gantry cranes |
N/A
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| Shore cranes |
2 SMTC
2 COMAN
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| Super stakers |
7
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45T
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| Forklifts |
32
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4 - 16T
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| Trailers |
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| Tugs master & mafi |
13
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| Pilot cutters |
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>> Other facilities
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Yes/no
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| Bunkering |
Yes
(ex hose or by truck only
no barging)
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| Water |
Yes
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| Slops |
No
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| Shipchandler |
Yes
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| Shipyard |
No
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