Storage space is available in the Republic of the Congo and mainly offered in the port area of Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville. The forwarding agents, transporters and commercial port operators in Pointe-Noire also have storage capacity that has increased notably in the past 2 years.  Most of the warehouses are still mainly used for cargo in transit awaiting customs clearance and on carriage to its destination. The following data are from 2015, but still realistic as of today.

For more information on storage company contact details, please see the following link: 4.6 Storage and Milling Companies Contact List.

Commercial Storage

Commercial companies and other organisations do have their own warehouses and an increasing number of companies are specialized in offering storage space on a commercial base.  Some Companies are willing to rent out storage space temporarily on a case-by-case basis depending on availability.

[1] Warehouse Type: Open storage, container, rub-hall, silo, concrete, other, unspecified

[2] Warehouse Access: Raised-siding, flat

[3] Warehouse condition: Appears intact, appears damaged, under construction/repair

Storage Used by Humanitarian Organizations

WFP and UNHCR are the two UN agencies that generally need the larger storage spaces.

WFP is currently using ten storage spaces; two located in the sub office of Pointe-Noire and offered by the Government of Congo; one rented in the river port in Brazzaville, 4 Wiikhall of 320 m² each in Betou and 1 in Impfondo. One warehouse in Nkayi is rented from the milling company MINOCO. Another one Wiikhall of 240m2 is erected in Brazzaville Country Office compound.

UNHCR are using warehouses in Impfondo and Betou for the emergency operation while UNICEF has a small storage inside the compound of the Country office in Brazzaville and in the past has occasionally borrowed warehouse space from WFP. UNICEF is also borrowing some space from WFP in Pointe Noire.
The following data are from 2015, but still realistic as of today.

[1] Warehouse Type: Open storage, container, rub-hall, silo, concrete, other, unspecified

[2] Warehouse Access: Raised-siding, flat

[3] Warehouse condition: Appears intact, appears damaged, under construction/repair

Public Sector Storage

The Government owns many storage areas and buildings nationwide. Some of those premises could potentially be used as storage space with slights modifications. The main storage spaces are in the port areas of Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville most of which is controlled by public and autonomous companies. Many of the storage spaces are managed by the Ministry of transport while the Ministry of Health and Population is using cooling equipment for the storage of vaccines and medicines.

[1] Warehouse Type: Open storage, container, rub-hall, silo, concrete, other, unspecified

[2] Warehouse Access: Raised-siding, flat

[3] Warehouse condition: Appears intact, appears damaged, under construction/repair

Cold Chain

The cold chain options are limited in Congo. The Ministry of Health and Population is using cooling equipment for the storage of vaccines and medicines in the frame of the "Programme Elargi de Vaccination". There are 4 types of refrigerators and freezers that are currently used: 1) Absorption refrigerators 2) solar refrigerators 3) compression refrigerators 4) refrigerated-sheath refrigerators.

The port of Pointe-Noire offers 875 refrigerated grips: storage on 3 heights and also a cold storage room.  Reefer truck transportation is possible to contract but apart from that, there are no companies offering cold storage or a complete cold chain service.

[1] Cold Room Positive, Cold Room Negative, Refrigerator, Freezer,

[2] Compression, Absorption, Solar, Other, unspecified