Kribi Hydrocarbon Storage Terminal
A maritime part a wharf dedicated to hydrocarbons with a length of 8 000m2 fixed on the protective dyke of the port a terrestrial part an oil depot with a storage capacity of 302 000 m2 for an area of 218ha.
Kribi hydrocarbon storage terminal. According to a statement from the office of the prime minister philemon yang the new hydrocarbons terminal will permit the export and storing of refined and unrefined oil and gas products. The first is a 350 metre container terminal operated by the bolloré chec cma cgm consortium. The approval by the head of government of the new configuration of the integrated project with a hydrocarbon terminal with a capacity of 1 000 000 m 3 and a pipeline for the disposal of oil products from kribi to yaounde via ebolowa. A 350 meter long container terminal with 350 000 teu capacity able to handle 293 meter long vessels.
Thermo king launches cold storage solutions to support covid 19 vaccine distribution. The choice of the consortium is a new step forward in the activation of the second phase of the construction of the deep water port in kribi which in addition to the hydrocarbons terminal should host a second container terminal to be built by the. Kmt chief executive officer kathy magne said they were happy about the full commercial operation of the port which can handle multipurpose shipping. This is in accordance with the pipeline feasibility study conducted by the american firm.
The kribi hydrocarbon terminal shall be constructed under a build operate and transfer scheme. Philippines based port operator international container terminal services ictsi has signed a concession contract with the port autonome de kribi pak to develop operate and maintain cameroon s kribi multipurpose terminal kmt. The port will double in size by 2024. The port in kribi which comprises of terminals for container and raw goods is to relieve congestion at douala.
Ictsi to develop and operate cameroon s kribi terminal. Two portal cranes two quay side container cranes and five rubber tired gantry cranes for handling containerized and non containerized goods. In the long term a hydrocarbon terminal and a mineral terminal will be built inside the port platform. The terminal is composed as follows.
With the contract ictsi is the concessionaire of the terminal for the next 25 years. The second terminal is a multipurpose terminal under the management of kpmo a joint venture of local port operators.