CRBC Signs the Business Contract for Pointe Noire New Port Project in Congo-Brazzaville

On February 20, CRBC President Lu Shan and Jean Jacques BOUYA - Minister of Land and Resources Management and Large Works of Congo-Brazzaville signed the business contract for Pointe Noire New Port Project in Brazzaville, the capital of Congo-Brazzaville. His Excellency Xia Huang, the Chinese Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Congo-Brazzaville, His Excellency Shen Xiang, the Economic and Commercial Counselor, representative of Export-Import Bank of China and relevant government officials of Congo-Brazzaville attended the signing ceremony.

The signing site of business contract for Pointe Noire New Port Project

Pointe Noire New Port Project is another landmark project of CRBC in Congo-Brazzaville after a series of important projects such as No. 2 National Highway, Brazzaville Viaduct, Brazzaville Riverbank Driveway Project. This project is located at about 8km north of the Pointe Noire Old Port and the construction period is 54 months. Its construction content mainly includes 1 300,000dwt iron ore export pier (2 berths), 1 breakwater in the southern side of the port, 150,000dwt fertilizer berth, 2 50,000dwt multi-purpose berths, 4km-long 200,000dwt channel, 4.2km-long 50,000dwt channel, port area dump site with the total land area of about 1,175,000 square meters, marine reclamation land with an area of about 1,396,000 square meters and phase-I project with a total through capacity of 41.95 million ton per year. Besides, this project also covers the construction of the 19km-long highway to port and 29.6km-long railway to port.

Aerial view of Pointe Noire New Port Project

Pointe Noire New Port Project is a key project promoted in China-Africa production capacity cooperation and attracts much attention of state leaders of both China and Congo-Brazzaville. When President Xi Jinping visited Congo-Brazzaville in March, 2013, CRBC and the Ministry of Land and Resources Management and Large Works of Congo-Brazzaville signed the strategic cooperation agreement on development of Pointe Noire New Port under the witness of China President Xi Jinping and Congo Brazzaville President Sassou; then, CRBC sent a professional team to make an in-depth study on the project feasibility; during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in December, 2015, CRBC Chairman Wen Gang and Congo-Brazzaville signed the Cooperation Protocol on Construction of Pointe Noire Mining Port in Congo-Brazzaville in Johannesburg.

The construction of Pointe Noire New Port Project has an important significance in solving the insufficient through capacity of Pointe Noire Old Port, promoting the aggregation of port-centered industry and diversified economic development of Congo-Brazzaville and then driving the economic and social development of Pointe Noire Special Zone, Congo-Brazzaville and west and central African countries.