By Okey Ibeke

An international magazine, The Maritime Executive, has exposed how APM Terminals is collaborating with a French owned seaport development and terminal handling giant, Bollore, to divert the Nigeria’s cargo tran-shipment business with landlocked West African countries to ports in Cote d’Ivoire.

In line with the plan, a consortium between APM Terminals and Bolloré has signed contracts with the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the construction of Abidjan’s second container terminal, known as Côte d’Ivoire Terminal (CIT). The Cote d’voires’ Ports Authority’s planned ultra-modern second container terminal is billed start to operations at the end of 2021.

APM Terminals expects that with the additional capacity provided by CIT, the terminal and the Port of Abidjan will position itself as a preferred gateway for surrounding landlocked countries such as Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

Most of the cargoes destined to these countries are currently routed through Nigerian seaports.

The terminal operator believes the terminal’s strategic location on the West African coast combined with the ability to handle larger new-generation ships of up to 14,000 TEU and 350m in length, will make the terminal an attractive solution as a trans-shipment hub.
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