Most segments of the telecommunications market have continued to flourish during previous crises which started in 1999. The sector is dominated by mobile telephony, with South Africa’s MTN and France Telecom-owned Orange leading the market. The aggressive launches of a third and a fourth GSM network in 2006/07 by Moov (owned by Etisalat of the UAE) and KoZ (operated by the Lebanese Comium Group) accelerated the already fast growth and have pushed mobile market penetration well above the African average.

A fifth mobile network was launched by Libya’s LapGreen in late 2008 under the name Oricel (also referred to as Green Network or GreenN). However, the company may become a casualty of the events in Libya in 2011.

UAE-based Warid Telecom is standing by to enter the market as the sixth player pending problems with frequency spectrum allocation, and Nigeria’s Globacom has also been awarded a licence.

Globacom has announced it will land its Glo-1 international submarine fibre optic cable in the country which will bring down the cost of international bandwidth. In addition, several other cables are scheduled to reach Cote d’Ivoire in the coming years. The Internet and broadband market has remained underdeveloped due to the high cost of international bandwidth, caused by a monopolisation of access to the SAT-3/WASC international fibre optic submarine cable, the only one currently serving the country. Despite these obstacles, Cote d’Ivoire has become West Africa’s third largest Internet market after Nigeria and Ghana, with services superior to those in many other African countries, including ADSL with up to 8Mb/s. WiMAX and EV-DO wireless broadband services are also available, some of them at very competitive prices.

Fixed-line incumbent Cote d’Ivoire Telecom (CI-Telecom) was majority-privatized in 1997 when France Telecom bought a controlling stake. A second national operator (SNO), Arobase was licensed before the civil war but only got off the ground in 2006 and was then acquired by MTN. Both companies are rolling out CDMA2000 1x fixed-wireless systems and fibre optic backbone networks and also control leading ISPs in the country.

Third generation mobile broadband services have not yet been introduced but are expected in the near future as a means for the mobile operators to broaden their service portfolio and combat the rapidly decreasing average revenue per user (ARPU) in the voice market.

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Telecommunications company contact details, please see the following link: 4.2.9 Cote d'Ivoire Additional Service Provision Contact List

Telecommunication Regulation

Existing Humanitarian Telecoms Systems

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Telecommunications company contact details, please see the following link: 4.2.9 Cote d'Ivoire Additional Service Provision Contact List

For additional information on Cote d'Ivoire Telecommunications, please see the following document: Cote d'Ivoire Telecommunications Information

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Transporters contacts and fleet size information, please see the following link: Cote d'Ivoire Transport Companies

There are very few nationwide haulage companies spanning the entire country. The road transport sector is based on small private companies owning 2 to 3 trucks, sometimes 5 but not more. Sometimes these small companies organize themselves in clusters spreading the transport demand or offer according to their abilities, capacities and type of trucks available. Hauliers have organized themselves in regional syndicates. Sometimes two or more syndicates are located in the same town. Some syndicates claim to control over 300 trucks.

The road transport operations are divided into two main categories:

• Long distance haulage mainly over bitumen / paved roads.
• Short distance haulage over secondary and often severely damaged roads.

Long distance hauliers operate mainly second hand RENAULT – DAF – MERCEDES horse trailer combination with an average capacity of 25 – 35 MT. The trailers, flatbed or covered, are usually 40 feet/12 meters long and are often fitted with twist locks. Some horses are equipped with a twin rear axle but most have only one rear axle. Trailers are fitted with a twin or treble axle. Hauliers are reasonably satisfied with the supply of spare part, tyres and lubricating oil. Long distance hauliers require between 2 and 7 days to put up the required road transport facility in line. Hauliers of CI are not keen of lifting cargoes destined to Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana or Guinea. Though they can claim 1/3 of the volumes, such shipments are usually left to the respective foreign hauliers. They claim difficulty in securing returning cargoes into CI.

Hauliers indicated the following transit times:

• Abidjan to Ouagadougou or Bamako: one full week.
• One complete truck rotation: 21 days.

For short haul secondary transport operations haulers favour solid chassis trucks capacity 10 to 15 MT and one or two rear axles. Mercedes, Daf or Isuzu are the most common trucks, often bought second hand from specialized dealers. The trucks suffer heavy wear and tear as a result of the extremely bad road conditions. Downtime for repair and maintenance is recurrent. This category of hauliers is poorly organized often with reduced communication facilities and limited back-office services. A close follow-up and monitoring of the transport operations is therefore mandatory. When the road is extremely bad, as is the case for the road corridors leading from CI into Guinea ( Odienné – Minignan, Biankouma – Sipilou or Danané – Gpableu) the use of HD so called 12 wheel trucks (usually second-hand trucks operating on construction sites in Europe) must be contemplated ( Lifting capacity 15 to 20 MT). Such trucks are nonexistent in Côte d’Ivoire. Only Guinean hauliers are operating such type of trucks. Such trucks do not operate on long distance haul. Consequently the transhipment of commodities from a long distance carrier into a 12 wheel trucks must be contemplated at a suitable transit point (Odienné, Biankouma or Danané). This raises storage and security issues not to forget customs clearance issues for the truck ID and the quantities lifted will not be similar on arrival as on departure. The customs bond issue must be cleared with the C & F agent before such transit – transhipment operation is contemplated. The financial implications could be severe. Caution must be exercised.

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Transporters contacts and fleet size information, please see the following document: Cote d'Ivoire Transport Companies

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Electricity Providers Company contact details, please see the following document: 4.2.9 Cote d'Ivoire Additional Service Provision Contact List

Vehicle Rental

The minimum age to drive a car is 21 years.

A valid national or international driving licence is always required. In the absence of an international driving licence, a driver staying only for a short period of time and holding a foreign driving licence is expected to obtain from the “ Direction des Transports Terrestres – Ministère des Transports” a licence in lieu of an international driving licence against temporary remittance of his national driving licence. Foreign drivers staying for a longer period in CI are expected to surrender their national driving licence and obtain a CI driving licence. Rental companies are found in Abidjan and the main towns. Rental of a vehicle costs on average 80 to100 USD per day.

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Vehicle Rental Company contact details, please see the following document: Cote d'Ivoire Vehicle Rental Companies

Taxi Companies 

Freight Forwarding Agents

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Freight Forwarding Company contact details, please see the following document: Cote d'Ivoire Freight Forwarders Contact details

Handling Equipment 

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Handling Equipment Company contact details, please see the following document: Cote d'Ivoire Handling Equipment Contact details

Electricity and Power 

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Electricity Providers Company contact details, please see the following document: 4.2.9 Cote d'Ivoire Additional Service Provision Contact List

Cote d'Ivoire is a net exporter of electricity and currently has installed electric generation capacity of 1 390 MW. The use of gas-fired electricity plants has turned the country into a regional exporter of electricity. Some of the client-countries connected to the Ivoirian power grid include Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso and Ghana. Gas-powered stations generate more than half of the country's annual production. The first gas-fired plant, Vridi II, was built in the late 1995 near Abidjan. Another power station at Azito, in Abidjan's suburbs, began to supply electricity to the grid in 1999. Azito now supplies 296 MW and is the largest generator in the country. Although they are no longer running at full capacity, hydroelectric plants (Ayame I and II, Kossou, Taabo, Buyo and Grah) still generate about 37% of the country's electricity. Fuel-powered individual generators are also widely used.

Electricity generation, transmission and distribution in the Ivory Coast is the responsibility of the Compagnie Ivorienne d'Electricité, known as CIE. The CIE, jointly owned by EDF and SAUR, has been trading with the Volta River Authority (Ghana) since February 1984 and exports electricity to Ghana, Togo and Benin. Cote d'Ivoire's current priority is to enhance its transmission infrastructure in an attempt to connect to West Africa's grid under the auspices of the West African Power Pool. The Tongon-Korhogo line is one of several large transmission projects either nearing completion or in the planning stage. According to CIE, the country currently has 1 849km of 225kV lines and 2 541 km of 90kV lines, a transmission network covering the entire country.

Cote d'Ivoire already exports to Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin, but there are plans to connect with Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The Interconnection Cote d'Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea (CLSG) project hopes to boost reconstruction efforts in these countries which currently have a limited transmission sector. Soubre is just one of several potential hydroelectric sites marked for development. Construction at the Tongon gold mine is due to be completed in 2012. This 90kV power line from the Korhogo substation located 60km south of the mine, began in 2010. The new substation at Tongon has 2 20MVA step-down transformers to help meet the needs of the mine. There is also 1 5MVA step-down transformer for the electrification of the surrounding region. A seventh hydoelectric system is being built at Soubre. This project will generate 275 MW and is expected to be complete by 2017. This project will connect to new lines connecting the country to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Cote d'Ivoire is planning an upgrade of the country's existing lines to Ghana and Burkina Faso. Construction on a 225 kV line to Mali was started in 2008 and is expected to be completed in 2012.

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Globacom has announced it will land its Glo-1 international submarine fibre optic cable in the country which will bring down the cost of international bandwidth. In addition, several other cables are scheduled to reach Cote d’Ivoire in the coming years. The Internet and broadband market has remained underdeveloped due to the high cost of international bandwidth, caused by a monopolisation of access to the SAT-3/WASC international fibre optic submarine cable, the only one currently serving the country. Despite these obstacles, Cote d’Ivoire has become West Africa’s third largest Internet market after Nigeria and Ghana, with services superior to those in many other African countries, including ADSL with up to 8Mb/s. WiMAX and EV-DO wireless broadband services are also available, some of them at very competitive prices.

Fixed-line incumbent Cote d’Ivoire Telecom (CI-Telecom) was majority-privatised in 1997 when France Telecom bought a controlling stake. A second national operator (SNO), Arobase was licensed before the civil war but only got off the ground in 2006 and was then acquired by MTN. Both companies are rolling out CDMA2000 1x fixed-wireless systems and fibre optic backbone networks and also control leading ISPs in the country.

Third generation mobile broadband services have not yet been introduced but are expected in the near future as a means for the mobile operators to broaden their service portfolio and combat the rapidly decreasing average revenue per user (ARPU) in the voice market.

For information on Cote d'Ivoire ISP Service Providers Company contact details, please see the following document: 4.2.9 Cote d'Ivoire Additional Service Provision Contact List

Cote D’Ivoire Food Suppliers, Accommodation and Other Markets

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Food Suppliers, Accommodation and Other Markets contact details, please see the following link: 4.2.9 Cote d'Ivoire Additional Service Provision Contact List

Accommodation

There are a reasonable number of hotels in major cities, particularly in Abidjan which boasts several of international standards. In general most towns will offer three classes of accommodation ranging from luxury right down to economy which is fairly basic. Hotels are busy so it is advisable to book your stay in advance. There isn't much bed and breakfast or hostel style accommodation available in the country and due to the current political climate it is recommended that travelers stay in a reputable hotel rather than more traditional lodgings used by backpackers.

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Accommodation contact details, please see the following document: Cote d'Ivoire Accommodation Contacts

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Food Suppliers, Accommodation and Other Markets contact details, please see the following link: 4.2.7 Cote D'Ivoire Additional Service Provision Contact List

Food Suppliers

It is possible to purchase foodstuffs produced in Côte d’Ivoire  such as rice, bean, corn, sugar,  vegetable oil) locally as well as imported foods such as rice and salt. It is recommended to purchase locally produced foodstuffs such as rice, corn and beans during the harvest period between October and January in order to secure a better price.  During the lean season between June and September these foodstuffs are in high demand and can become extremely expensive.

Although produced locally, rice, oil and salt are also imported in large quantities for local consumption.  There is a ban in the importation of sugar. The main exports of foodstuffs are fruits, cassava, corn, cocoa, and coffee.

There are many differents suppliers present in the local food market. For information on Cote d'Ivoire Food Suppliers, Accommodation and Other Markets contact details, please see the following link: 4.2.9 Cote d'Ivoire Additional Service Provision Contact List

Overview

Ivory Coast shares a land border with five countries - Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea and Liberia. At each of these borders, there is at least one official land border crossing where authorities are established (customs, police, etc.). The borders with Ghana (Noe and Niable), Burkina Faso (Laleraba) and Mali (Pogo) are the most used and well equipped with roads in good conditions. The borders with Liberia (Pekan houli, Gbeunta) and Guinea (Sirana, Gbapleu) are not used as frequently. There are partially improved roads which may be impracticable in bad weather, and numerous small bridges. 

Below is the available detailed information concerning some of these land border crossings.

Daily Capacity

N/A 

Customs Clearance

To obtain customs clearance at this land border, the following documents are necessary: 
-  For Import / export  of goods originating from ECOWAS / UEMOA

• Waybill;
• The certificate of origin from UEMOA and ECOWAS; 
• The export customs entry of the country of origin; 
• The phytosanitary certificate; 
• The exonerations documents ( import/EXPORT permit, Exemption Certificate) for recognized NGO and UN AGENCIES 

-For transit cargoes, please refer to the document: (1.3 Cote D'Ivoire Customs Information)

In general, clearing procedures at the border can take up to 2 to 3 working days before trucks are released. Customs may inspect trucks/cargoes if they feel it to be necessary.

For more information on customs in Cote D'Ivoire, please see the following link: 1.3 Customs Information   

Other Relevant Information

For more information on government contact details, please see the following link: 4.1 Government Contact List 

Customs Information

Duties and Tax Exemption

Information regarding Côte d’Ivoire duties and tax exemption unavailable

For contact information regarding government customs authorities, please see the following link: 4.2.1 Cote D'Ivoire Government Contact List

For additional contact information regarding government customs authorities, please see the following document: Cote d'Ivoire douanes Contacts

Emergency Response:

[Note: This section contains information which is related and applicable to ‘crisis’ times. These instruments can be applied when an emergency is officially declared by the Government.  When this occurs, there is usually a streamlined process to import goods duty and tax free.]

Exemption Regular Regime (Non-Emergency Response): 

Exemption Certificate Application Procedure: 

UN agency or NGO receives the full set of shipping documents (sea or air).

UN agency or NGO prepares an “Attestation de valeur CIF” in line with the shipping documents received.

The Franchise form (the duties and taxes exoneration application form) is prepared in 3 copies and submitted together with the copy of the B/L and the “Attestation de valeur CIF” to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Franchise form, once signed by the Ministry for agreement, is then submitted to the Customs Authority for the second level of signature (Chef de Section des Exonérations).

Applications for exoneration of custom duties and taxes are lodged with:

Bakou Annick  Directeur du Protocole II

Ministère des Affaires Etrangères

Tel : + 225 20 21 51 62

Exemption Certificate Document Requirements

Customs Clearance

General Information 

Customs Clearance Document Requirements 

Transit Regime

• The transit goods are covered by the general bond a reputable C & F agent has permanently in place with the Customs;
• A certified check to order of the Customs to the tune of the import dues and taxes to be paid if the goods are not re-exported;
• A bank guarantee issued by a reputable bank.

Côte d’Ivoire Customs Additional Information

Cote d'Ivoire OCHA Qui a un bureau

Cote d'Ivoire Code des douanes

Cote d'Ivoire OHCA Qui a un bureau

Cote d'Ivoire OHCA Contact List

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

There is no reliable data available for daily wages for casual labour. No recent daily SMIG ( Salaire minimum interprofessionnel garanti) nor daily SMAG ( Salaire minimum agricole garanti) have been published. The monthly SMIG has averaged F CFA 60.000 since 2015. Standard working hours are 40 hours per week in the non-agricultural sector and 48 hours per week in the agricultural sector. There are generally 14 days of paid holidays per year.

Social security charges are to be paid by the employer:

Cote D'Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport

Runways

Helicopter Pad(s)

For information on Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport infrastructure details, please see the following document: 

Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport Details

Airport Infrastructure Details

Passenger and Cargo Performance Indicator

*Monthly and daily performance figures derived from annual figures provided on 01Aug2012

Airport Operating Details

For information on Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport infrastructure details, please see the following document: 

Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport Details

Storage Facilities

The following C & F agents have limited storage facilities at Abidjan F.H.B.

• SAGA       Tel : +(225) 21.22.00.00 Fax : +225  21.24.26.91
• SDV         Tel: +(225) 21.22.04.20 Fax:    +225  21.22.07.90
• Maersk     Tel: +(225) 20.30.10.10 Fax:    +225  20.33.22.71
• Simat:       Tel: +(225) 21.75.41.01 Fax:    +225 21.75.41.10

For information on Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport infrastructure details, please see the following document: 

Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport Details

Airfield Cost

Navigation Charges

For details on Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport charges, please see the following documents: 

Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport Details

Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan Airport charges

Fuel Services Charges

Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport Fuel Service Charges information unavalible

Cargo Terminal Charges

Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport Cargo Terminal Charges information unavalible

Air-bridge Charges

Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport Air-bridge Charges information unavalible

Security

ANAC – Agence Nationale de l’Aviation Civile: The enforcement of security measures inside and outside the airport buildings and the physical control and screening of passengers, baggage and airport personnel has been outsourced by Sodexam to ANAC. ANAC – Aéroport de Port Bouët, 07 BP 148, Abidjan 07, Tel : +( 225) 21.27.74.24 (direction générale), FAX : +(225) 21.27.63.46 E-mail : anac@aviso.ci

Level: Good

Companies Available 

For information on Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Felix Houphouet Boigny International Airport contact details, please see the following link: 

Annex 4.2.5 Cote d'Ivoire Airport Company Contact List

Information on some aviation service providers can be found at: AZFreight Information on Cote d'Ivoire

Key port information can also be found at: Maritime Database information on Cote d'Ivoire

Port website: Port Autonome de San Pedro Website 

Port Overview

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

For information on Côte d’Ivoire Port Autonome de San Pedro contacts details, please see the following link: Annex 4.2.4 Cote d'Ivoire Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Port Performance

• Open stacking area (customs bonded area): 10 hectares.
• Covered warehouse space (customs bonded area): 355 hectares
• Fishing port, cement/clinker terminal: 85 hectares
• Reserved for industrial development: 1.550 hectares.

For information on Côte d’Ivoire Port Autonome de San Pedro, please see the following document: Côte d'Ivoire Port Autonome de San Pedro Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached document, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges

For information on Côte d’Ivoire Port Autonome de San Pedro Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges, please see the following links: 

Port Autonome de San Pedro Website  

Berthing Specifications

General Cargo Handling Berths

Cote d'Ivoire General Cargo Handling Berths information unavailable.

Port Handling Equipment

Port equipment is managed by a private company called Terminal San Pedro (TSP). The port authority does not carry out any cargo handling operations, neither on board of the vessels nor ashore. The port has therefore no cargo handling equipment whatsoever. The port provides weighbridge facilities (60 MT capacity). All trucks or tractors and trailers are weighed as they enter and leave the port.

Container Facilities

Customs Guidance

For information on customs guidance, please see the following section:

1.3 Côte d’Ivoire Customs Information

Terminal Information

Multipurpose Terminal

Information for Côte d’Ivoire Port Autonome de San Pedro Multipurpose Terminal is unavailable.

Grain and Bulk Handling

Grain vessels are moored at the very north end of the “Quai Ouest” close to the GMA’s silos. The grain is discharged with grabs into hoppers feeding into underground conveyor belts carrying the grain into the silos.

Main Storage Terminal

The total amount of covered storage space amounts to 13,800 m².

Stevedoring

The below companies are operating in San Pedro port as stevedores: 

BOLLORE AFRICA LOGISTICS CI, MOVIS, MEDLOG, TSP, APM TERMINAL

Hinterland Information

Information for Côte d’Ivoire Port Autonome de San Pedro's hinterland is unavailable.

Port Security

Since 1 July 2004, the Port of San Pedro is certified under the ISPS Code number: 18346 / UN LOCATOR CODE / CI SPY at security level 1. A security plan for port facilities has been completed and validated by the competent authority. It provides, inter alia, the installation of building control at the entrance and exit of people and vehicles, control devices and vessel identification, surveillance of port facilities and Plan of water, an efficient communication system, etc.. The implementation of this security plan is in progress. Port Identity number: 18345 Port UN Locator Code : CI SPY Port Security Facility Officer: Tel: +(225) 34.71.72.18 Fax: +(225) 34.71.72.14 VHF channel 12 & 16 E-mail: isps_pasp@sanpedro-portci.com

For information on Côte d’Ivoire Port Autonome de San Pedro contacts details, please see the following link:

Annex 4.2.4 Cote d'Ivoire Port and Waterways Company Contact List

For additional information on Côte d’Ivoire Port Autonome de San Pedro, please see the following links: 

Port Autonome de San Pedro Website  

Key airport information may also be found at: World Aero Data Website for Cote d'Ivoire

The air transport network includes 27 airport and public airstrips including 3 international airports (Abidjan, Yamoussoukro and Bouaké). The airports of Abidjan and Yamoussoukro are the only ones which can handle jumbo jets. The following table lists airports in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).  The airports include various types like commercial, local, international, and military.

Procedures for Foreign Registered Aircraft

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Procedures for Foreign Registered Aircraft, please see the following document: 

Cote d'Ivoire Procedures for Foreign Registration of Aircraft

Cote d'Ivoire Air Space

For Cote d'Ivoire airport contacts, please see the following links: 

4.2.1 Cote D'Ivoire Government Contact List

Annex 4.2.5 Cote d'Ivoire Airport Company Contact List

SIR – Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage – was established in 1962 in order to:

• Supply the local market and  region with quality refined products;
• Guarantee a regular supply of oil products for the CI local market;
• Be a player on the international market.

Crude oil is foremost imported from Nigeria (50%) or via purchases on the spot market (35%) in shipments of 100,000 to 125,000 mt, via some 24 to 26 shipments a year. The shipments are offloaded at one of the ocean mooring buoys four nautical miles off the coast. Between 25 and 60,000 mt of crude oil originates yearly from the Côte d’Ivoire oilfields. The SIR plant is solely geared towards the refining of crude oil with low sulphur content and produces consequently fuels with low sulphur content. SIR is also procuring natural gas from the Côte d’Ivoire “Panthère” oil field operated by the American consortium, Ocean Energy. The SIR annual production of refined products amounts to 3.5 million tons. The Côte d’Ivoire market is good for 1.1 million tons of refined products. The Government exercises strict control over fuel oil prices. SIR has a monopoly for the supply of refined oil products in Côte d’Ivoire. Some 100,000 mt is exported annually to the Burkina Faso and Mali market. The remainder is sold on the international market. The market for the distribution of fuel oils has been liberalised and is controlled by the major oil companies regrouped in the “Groupement des Professionnels du Pétrole – GPP-CI” and by private distributors regrouped in the “ Association Professionnelle des Pétroliers de Côte d’Ivoire – APCI”.

The “Société Multinationale de Bitume – SBM “is a subsidiary of SIR. It supplies the local market and the region with bitumen and assorted products. The range of products supplied by SIR and currently available in the country includes:

• Super (lead free) premium/ 4 stars
• Paraffin oil / kerosene
• Jet A1
• Gasoil / diesel
• Normal petrol
• Vacuum Gas Oil

Mytravelcost information on Cote d'Ivoire

For information on Cote d'Ivoire government contacts details, please see the following link: 4.2.1 Cote D'Ivoire Government Contact List

For information on Cote d'Ivoire fuel company contacts details, please see the following link: 4.2.6 Cote d'Ivoire Fuel Provider Contact List

Fuel Pricing

The Government exercises strict controls over the price of fuel oil products in CI

Seasonal Variations

Fuel Transportation

Internal transportation of fuel products IS carried out with 35 to 50 m³ tanker lorries. The construction of an oil pipeline between Abidjan – Yamoussoukro – Bouake is in progress. The transportation infrastructure and fleet are sufficient to handle current domestic needs as well as increased demand from the humanitarian community

Standards, Quality and Testing

For information on Cote d'Ivoire additional details, please see the following document: Cote d'Ivoire Fuel Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached document, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso jointly own SITARAIL, a transnational railway. The line was one of the first in Africa to be awarded as a concession to the private sector in 1995 and is a key conduit for transport of bulk freight to and from landlocked Burkina Faso. Between 2000 and 2005, Sitarail and the other West African railway concession—Transrail—were by far the strongest performing concessions on a wide range of operational indicators, including productivity of labor, locomotives, and rolling stock. Traffic density on Sitarail was close to 500,000 tonne-kilometers per route-kilometer, which was by far the highest in the region (although still low in absolute terms). Between 1995 and 2000, during the first five years of the concession, the volume of freight almost tripled from 300 million to 800 million tonnes annually.

For information on Cote d'Ivoire Railway Company Contact details, please see the following link: 4.2.10 Cote d'Ivoire Railway Company Contact List 

Travel Distance Matrix

Note: The information provided in the above table has been taken from the old DLCA and amended to match the structure of the new LCA.

Railway Companies and Consortia

SITARAIL is a consortium jointly owned by the governments of CI and Burkina Faso, each 15%, the Railway Employees Trust Fund 3% and a French/Danish business group (freight operators SDV, SAGA and MAERSK, consultancy bureaux SYSTRA and TRANSURB ) for 67%. The initial concession, which operates both passenger and freight services, was awarded in March 1983, became effective in August 1995 and has a duration of 15 years.

Capacity Table

Note: The information provided in the above table has been taken from the old DLCA and amended to match the structure of the new LCA.

Key Route Information

Key Stations

Bouake railway station:

Bouake was before 2002 an important railway station. All local factories and warehouses had their own private railway siding. With the disappearance of trade and industry the railway sidings are not served anymore and totally overgrown. Transit  (loading/unloading) must therefore be done at the Bouake railway station. There is a special siding with loading/discharging quay, which can accommodate 8 wagons simultaneously. No shunting locomotive is stationed in Bouake.

Small locomotive and wagon maintenance works are carried out. A recovery wagon mounted with a 20 MT capacity crane is available. The railway grid has 6 tracks of 900 meters.

Ferkessédougou railway station:

This railway station is being developed as a fully equipped dry port and transit point for goods destined for the cities of Korhogo, Boundiali , Odienné and the northern part of the country but also as a  very promising interface for import and export goods into and from Mali. The freight station is operated by SAGA – SDV.  A 40 MT container reach stacker and a 12 MT capacity forklift are permanently stationed in Ferkessédougou. There is a container yard – 200 m x 60 m. The container yard needs resurfacing. Various shipping lines offer export reefer transport (export of mangoes in the season). A generator with 6 plugs and 4 Gensets are readily available. Two very large covered warehouses are being refurbished in order to accommodate large import and export consignments (1 warehouse with 7 x 350 m² compartments - 1 warehouse with 5 x 350 m² compartments) Estimated storage capacity: 10 to 12.000 MT bagged cargo)

BURKINA FASO by RAIL from ABIDJAN

Overview

Ivory Coast shares a land border with five countries - Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea and Liberia. At each of these borders, there is at least one official land border crossing where authorities are established (customs, police, etc.). The borders with Ghana (Noe and Niable), Burkina Faso (Laleraba) and Mali (Pogo) are the most used and well equipped with roads in good conditions. The borders with Liberia (Pekan houli, Gbeunta) and Guinea (Sirana, Gbapleu) are not used as frequently. There are partially improved roads which may be impracticable in bad weather, and numerous small bridges. 

Below is the available detailed information concerning some of these land border crossings.

Daily Capacity

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Customs Clearance

To obtain customs clearance at this land border, the following documents are necessary: 
-  For Import / export  of goods originating from ECOWAS / UEMOA

• Waybill;
• The certificate of origin from UEMOA and ECOWAS; 
• The export customs entry of the country of origin; 
• The phytosanitary certificate; 
• The exonerations documents ( import/EXPORT permit, Exemption Certificate) for recognized NGO and UN AGENCIES 

-For transit cargoes, please refer to the document: (1.3 Cote D'Ivoire Customs Information)

In general, clearing procedures at the border can take up to 2 to 3 working days before trucks are released. Customs may inspect trucks/cargoes if they feel it to be necessary.

For more information on customs in Cote D'Ivoire, please see the following link: 1.3 Customs Information 

Other Relevant Information

 For more information on government contact details, please see the following link:  4.1 Government Contact List  

Overview

The road network can be considered as good in Côte d’Ivoire. This is particularly the case for all the trunk roads linking all the regions and main townships in the country. The road network is particularly well adapted for long distance haulage. The main corridors leading from the ports of Abidjan and San Pedro to Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana are in fair to good condition. Although no serious road maintenance works have been conducted since 2002, since 2012 a huge program of road construction and maintenance works have been undertaken across the entire country and as a result road conditions are improving. The third bridge of Abidjan was opened in December 2014. The highway starting from Abidjan was extended to Yamoussoukro in 2013, which is 230 km of 2x3 routes. Users are required to pay toll fees for both of these pieces of infrastructure. 

Many other roads are under construction or are undergoing rehabilitation.  There are two national authorities, FER and AGEROUTE, dealing with roads, maintenance works and controlling. The controlling of the gross vehicle weight or the adherence to the maximum allowed weight per axle has been effective since August 2015 at the main highway (Abidjan – Yamoussoukro) and at borders to prevent the overloading of vehicles. Except for a few initiatives undertaken regionally, the condition of secondary and local roads (gravel or earth) network is generally bad to extremely bad. Maintenance works are not regular and have not been for some time. Road traffic is limited to 4x4, pick-up trucks or rigid chassis trucks with 10 to 15 tons capacity.

For information on Cote d'Ivoire road company contact details, please see the following link: 4.2.1 Cote D'Ivoire Government Contact List

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