Chinese construction firm China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd has commenced construction of the $962-million second terminal at the Ivory Coast port city of Abidjan. The project will increase the port’s annual container handling capacity to more than 2 million containers from the current 800,000 containers.
French logistics firm Bollore Group’s subsidiary Bollore Africa Logistics and APM Terminals have a 21-year contract to operate and manage the new container terminal, which is expected to be in operation by January 2018. The earlier government dismissed an appeal by another consortium led by CMA CGM SA seeking to overturn the contract over alleged irregularities in the tendering process.