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Port Overview

The Kribi Seaport (Port Autonome de Kribi - PAK) has a depth of 16 metres, and equipped with high technology port infrastructures including a terminal container accessible to the vessels carrying 8,000 containers in same time. With its 615 m of quay for the first part, the Kribi port can receive at the same time 2 vessels of 290 m carrying 50,000 mt of commodities (this capacity is more than the double of Douala port which maximum is 20,000 mt). Three operational porticos of 68 MT, 35 MT and 25 MT are currently operational 

During 2018, 274 vessels went to Kribi and processed over 6.4 million tons of goods. Containerised traffic represented 18% of total Kribi movement, representing nearly 84,000 units. Timber constitutes most of the export and malted barley most of the import. 

Port website:

Port Autonome de Kribi 

Container Terminal

Key port information can also be found at: Maritime Database 

PORT’s LOCATION & CONTACTS 

Country 

Cameroon 

Province and District 

South Province 

Town or City (Closest) 

Kribi 

Port Name 

Autonomous Port of Kribi 

Latitude 

02°436 N 

Longitude 

09°51’6 E 

Company / Port Authority 

Port Authority of Kribi 

Management contact and Position 

PO Box : 203 Kribi, Cameroon 
Phone : (+237) 222 46 21 00 / Fax : 222 46 21 04 
Email : contact@pak.cm 

Nearest Airport and Airlines: 

DOUALA Airport 

Companies: CAMAIR-CO, ASKY, RAM, ETHIOPIAN AIRWAYS, TURKISH AIRWAYS, AIR FRANCE, SN BRUSSELS 

Port Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

The container port side is an S.A composed of Bollore Transport & Logistic, CMA-CGM, the China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) and various Cameroonian investors called Kribi Conteneur Terminal or KCT.  

Bolloré Transport & Logistics Cameroun 

BP 4057 Douala - Cameroun 

Tél: (+237) 2 33 50 02 33 

Fax: (+237) 2 33 50 02 32 

Email:Philippe.toure@bollore.com 

Source: www.bollore-transport-logistics.com/lentreprise/implantations/bollore-transport-logistics-cameroun.html 

CMA CGM CAMEROON 

KRIBI Branch Office Nationale 7, Quartier Massaga, Petit Paris Kribi 1er 

KRIBI 

Phone +237 222 46 13 73 

Fax +237 233 43 13 00 

Email dlo.genmbox@cma-cgm.com 

Source : www.cma-cgm.com/local/CM-57/agency 

For more information on port contacts, please see the following link: 4.4 Cameroon Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Port Performance 

Seasonal Constraints 

 

Occurs 

Time Frame 

Rainy Season 

Yes 

From April to October 

Handling Figures for 2018 

Vessel Calls 

274  

Container Traffic (TEUs) 

84,000  

Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges 

Rates and charges for bulk cargo are as follow for 2019: 

  • Wheat in bulk: 2017 CFA/mt 
  • Other cereals: 2550 CFA/mt 
  • Rice in bags: 3765 CFA/mt
  • Other food items in bags: 4453 CFA/mt
  • Other food items: 8112 CFA/mt 
  • Manufactured product, construction material, electrical equipment: from 6193 CFA/mt, to more than 20,000 CFA/mt 

 Rates for containers: 

  • 20 Ft food items: 30,000 CFA/unit 
  • 20 Ft other items: 50,000 CFA/unit 
  • 40 Ft food items: 48,000 CFA/unit 
  • 40 Ft other items: 75,000 CFA/unit 
  • Empty 20 Ft container: 1350 CFA/unit  
  • Empty 40 Ft container: 2700 CFA/unit 

Source: http://www.pak.cm/en/applicables-texts/

Standard Towage Services Charges   

The Hirer shall be charged and pay the hourly tariff for towage services per Gross Tonnage of the respective vessel to be towed as per following table or any updated version thereof established and published in accordance with the Concession:   

Standard Towage Services Charges 

Standard Mooring Services Charges 

GRT  

Euros 

GRT 

Euros 

From 

To 

  

From 

To 

 

0 

1000 

187 € 

0 

1000 

68 € 

1001 

2000 

250 € 

1001 

2000 

91 € 

2001 

3000 

264 € 

2001 

3000 

99 € 

3001 

4000 

292 € 

3001 

4000 

101 € 

4001 

5000 

316 € 

4001 

5000 

105 € 

5001 

6000 

348 € 

5001 

6000 

109 € 

6001 

7000 

375 € 

6001 

7000 

116 € 

7001 

8000 

399 € 

7001 

8000 

117 € 

8001 

9000 

430 € 

8001 

9000 

124 € 

9001 

9,999 

455 € 

9001 

9,999 

125 € 

 

Various fees 

Vessel class 

Port entry fee in Euros 

Staying fee at dock 

Class 1: 0 to 5,000 m3 

750 

0.033 € / m3 / Day 

Class 2: 5001 t0 10,000 m3 

800 

0.031 € / m3 / Day 

Class 3: 10,001 to 30,000 m3 

850 

0.029 € / m3 / Day 

Class 4: 30,001 to 70,000 m3 

0.03 € / m3 

0.027 € / m3 / Day 

Class 5: 70,001 to 100,000 m3 

0.029 € / m3 

0.025 € / m3 / Day 

Class 6: over 100,001 m3 

0.028 € / m3 

0.024 € / m3 / Day 

Class 7: fishing boat and others 

750 

 61 to 1,000 €  

 

Operation fee 

By 20 ft. transhipment container full 

3 € 

By 20 ft. transhipment container empty 

3 € 

By 20 ft. offloaded container full 

5 € 

By 20 ft. offloaded container empty 

1.5 € 

 Water supply: 2.44 Euro / m3 

Berthing Specifications 

Type of Berth 

Quantity 

Length (m) 

Maximum Draft (m) 

Comments 

Conventional Berth 

Yes 

265 

16 

 

Container Berth 

Yes 

350 

16 


Silo Berth 

N/A 

 

 

 

Port Handling Equipment 

Equipment 

Available 

Total Quantity and Capacity Available 

Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage 

Dockside Crane 

Yes 

Two (2) post-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) gantries 

 

Container Gantries 

Yes 

Five (5) rubber-tired gantries (RTG) 

 

Mobile Cranes 

Yes 

2 cranes 

 

Reachstacker 

Yes 

2 units 

 

RoRo Tugmaster (with Trailer) 

Yes 

10 tractors and 20 trailors 

 

Grain Elevator with Bagging Machines 

No 

 

 

Transtainer 

Yes 

5 units 

 

Forklifts 

No 

 

 

Source: http://www.kribi-conteneurs-terminal.com 

Container Facilities 

Pedestrians are not permitted on the site. The container facilities are automatized to their maximum.  All containers are automatically inventoried at their arrival; offload, transport and stored to a designated location. The computer program allows to know exactly the content of each container and where are they in the port.  

Facilities 

20 ft. 

40 ft. 

Container Facilities Available 

Yes 

Yes 

Container Freight Station (CFS) 

15,000 unit capacity 

Yes 

Refrigerated Container Stations 

192 unit capacity to be plugin at once 

Yes 

Other Capacity Details 

 

 

Daily Take Off Capacity  

Can handle 60 container per hour 

 

Customs Guidance 

The customs procedure is part of the Sydonia systema CEMAC harmonized customs process. All containers are scanned. This process is delegated to TransAtlantic SA. The costs for each scan are: 

  • 65,000 CFA for a 20 Ft container 
  • 75,000 CFA for a 40 Ft container 

The following attachments show both procedures for import and export: 

Container Inspection - Import (French)

Container Inspection - Export (French)

For more information on customs in Cameroon, please see the following link: 1.3 Cameroon Customs Information 

Please also see the following link for further information in annexes 11, 12 and 13 on container scanning at PAK: 5 Cameroon Annexes

Terminal Information

GRAIN AND BULK HANDLING 

The terminal is not yet equipped with silos or bulk storage capacity.  

There is a 4,000 m2 storage unit, but not in service at the time of assessment.

MAIN STORAGE TERMINAL 

Storage Type 

Number of Storage Facilities 

Area (m2) 

Bagged Cargo 

N/A 

 

Refrigerated Cargo 

N/A 

 

General Cargo 

Not in service yet. 

4,000 

Stevedoring 

There is no manual stevedoring presence at the Container Kribi port. 

All are automatized through a computerizes system. 

As for bulk cargo, rates are per Discharge rates above paragraph. 

Hinterland Information 

Land Connectivity

  • Ebolowa: 450 km 
  • Kye-Ossi: 570 km 
  • Bata: 800 km 
  • Oyem: 670 km 
  • Yaoundé: 300 km 
  • Ayos: 450 km 
  • Garoua-Boulaï: 885 km 
  • Bangui: 1,500 km 
  • Yokadouma: 890 km 
  • Touboro: 1,280 km 
  • Ndjamena: 2,000 km 
  • Kisangani: 3,000 km 

Port Security 

Security 

ISPS Compliant 

Yes 

Current ISPS Level, (Level 1 = Normal, Level 2 = Heightened, Level 3 = Exceptional) 

2 

Police Boats 

Yes 

Fire Engines 

Yes 

The safety equipment of the PAK comprises the following: 

  • A 400 MHz radio system 
  • A video monitoring system (CCTV) for high traffic density and high risk areas 
  • Access control systems (port access card readers) at main entrances and areas where the safety level changes 
  • Pedestrian turnstiles for access control 
  • Vehicle gate for access control 
  • Radiological x-ray scanner 

The fire brigade is equipped with 2 tanks of 500m3, 2 electrical pumps and one diesel pump to guarantee a debit of 80L per second for warehouses located on the multipurpose terminal and 50L per second for the terminal container, 1 jockey pump and 1 pressure tank to maintain a 4-bar pressure in the network.

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