Port Autonome de Pointe-Noire

Stock performance

History

The Port Autonome de Pointe-Noire took its current legal form in 2000 as the authority managing the country's deep-water port. Its container terminal was conceded in 2009 to a private operator, Congo Terminal, which has invested heavily to turn Pointe-Noire into a regional transshipment hub.

Business model

The port authority manages port infrastructure and earns fees from ships and cargo, while private concessionaires operate the container and other terminals.

Market position

Pointe-Noire is one of the main deep-water ports of Central Africa and a transshipment hub for the region, serving the Republic of the Congo and neighboring landlocked areas.

Country impact

The port is the country's main gateway for trade and its oil-service industry, and its development is central to plans to diversify the economy into logistics.