The Autonomous Port of Conakry is a bauxite exporting and container port in the city of
Conakry
Conakry ( , ; ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973.
The current population of C ...
,
Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...
. It was ranked first port of
West Africa
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in 2021 by the
World Bank
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and S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Description
The capacity of Conakry Terminal is 8,000
TEU-channel. Its draft is 13 m but during the tide it is 10 m.
The port is run by private operators who are responsible for making the necessary investments for the development of port infrastructure and equipment. The port authority regulates monitors and controls activities on the port platform.
Port of Conakry is Guinea’s main commercial port, through which 90 percent of foreign trade is carried out. Its geographical location is strategic as the port forms the city’s main maritime border.
Only truck members of the Union Nationale Des Transporteurs Routiers De La Guinée (UNTRG) are allowed to operate in the Port.
History
Relatively early on in the history of
French Guinea
French Guinea () was a French colonial possession in West Africa. Its borders, while changed over time, were in 1958 those of the current independent nation of Guinea.
French Guinea was established by France in 1891, within the same borders as ...
, Conakry was an important port. Many factors made the site ideal for a port. It is a shallow area directly adjoining the coast, sheltered on all sides; to the southeast by the
île de Tumbo, upon which the lies the city of Conakry; to the southwest by the
îles de Loos; to the north by the underwater sandbar of la Prudente upon which a breakwater was built.
In 2008, the container port was granted to Getma, a subsidiary of the (now-defunct) French Cargo company
Necotrans
Necotrans was a French firm founded by Richard Talbot in 1985 and specialised in logistics and international transport: freight forwarding, oil and mining logistics, port terminals activities, equipment distribution. Grégory Quérel was the last ...
. This concession was cancelled in a 2011 legal decree.
following GETMA's eviction, in 2011, a public-private partnership agreement was signed between the French Cargo and logistics firm
Bolloré
Bolloré SE () is a French conglomerate headquartered in Puteaux, on the western outskirts of Paris, France. Founded in 1822, the company has interests in Vivendi, international freight forwarding, oil storage and pipelines in France, solid state ...
and the Guinean state for the enlargement of the container terminal in exchange for assignment to the company of management of the container terminal for 25 years.
In March 2011, Necotrans raised a complaint against
Vincent Bolloré
Vincent Bolloré (; born 1 April 1952) is a French billionaire businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of the investment group Bolloré until his retirement from the family business in 2022. In January 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$ ...
, CEO of the eponymous company, accusing him of having financed the electoral campaign of Guinean president
Alpha Condé
Alpha Condé (N'Ko: ; born 4 March 1938) is a Guinean politician who served as the fourth president of Guinea from 2010 to 2021. He spent decades in opposition to a succession of regimes in Guinea, unsuccessfully running against then-President L ...
in 2010. (Condé's campaign had hired
Euro RSCG London, a subsidiary of
Havas
Havas NV () is a French multinational corporation, multinational advertising agency, advertising and public relations company, with its registered office and head office in Puteaux, France.
Havas operates in more than 100 countries. The group ...
, which Mr. Bolloré owns.) The investigation opened by the parquet de Paris was closed without follow-up.
In October, 2013, Bolloré was sentenced by the
commercial court
Business courts, sometimes referred to as commercial courts, are specialized courts for legal cases involving commercial law, internal business disputes, and other matters affecting businesses. In the US, they are trial courts that primarily or ...
of
Nanterre
Nanterre (; ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807.
The eastern part of Nanterre, b ...
to pay 2.1 million Euros to Getma.
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Gallery
Conakry-Le Wharf.jpg,
Conakry-L'entrée du boulevard maritime près du Warf.jpg,
Conakry-L'entrée de la rade.jpg,
Conakry-Sur le débarcadère.jpg,
Port autonome de Conakry.jpg,
Africa Mercy à Conakry.jpg
See also
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Railway stations in Guinea
Railway stations in Guinea include:
Maps
UNHCR Atlas Map (2004)shows topography.
UN mapshows provinces; towns; railways
ReliefWeb Map - Topography and RailReliefWeb Map - Population density and Roads - also shows line parameters
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Cities se ...
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Transguinean Railways
The Transguinean Railways is a proposed set of heavy haul standard gauge railways in Guinea to support haulage of primarily iron ore and bauxite.
Overview
Existing railways in Guinea are badly maintained and feeble, and would need to be rebuilt ...
References
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Ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean
Ports and harbours of Guinea
Autonomous and independent ports