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In Senegal, work on the future deep-water port of Ndayane, regarding 70 kilometers south of Dakar, was launched on Monday, January 3. The first phase of the project, implemented by the UAE operator Dubai Port World, is estimated at more than $ 840 million. Main objective: to relieve congestion in the port of Dakar.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Charlotte Idrac
The first stone barely laid, its promoters multiply the superlatives for this ” mega project ” qualified for ” largest private investment in Senegal “And who should become “The largest port in West Africa ” to welcome ” the largest ships in maritime space ».
Ultimately, covering an area of 1,200 hectares, the future port of Ndayane will also be twinned with a special economic zone.
« It will be a question of decongesting the port of Dakar and its surroundings. It will be a question of giving a new impetus to the strategic place that our country occupies on the routes of international maritime traffic. », Declared Senegalese President Macky Sall.
The first phase of the work is expected to last four years. The project will allow an increase in trade equivalent to 3% of Senegal’s GDP by 2035, according to DP World. An event ” historical ”For Sultan Ahmed Bin Soulayem, general manager of the group. ” This new port will bring more economic growth and prosperity », He assures us.
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It is also a project that arouses criticism in the affected localities, on the Petite Côte, namely residents, hotels, or even market gardeners who are concerned regarding the social and environmental repercussions.
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