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Article: Dakar's ambitious plans: despite Dakar's favourable strategic position on the West African coast, it has been losing business to its competitors for a variety of reasons. Now, as Gordon Feller reports, a number of planned upgrades could restore the port's former pride of place.(Shipping)(Port of Dakar)
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- African Business
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- April 1, 2004
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Dakar, in Senegal, is the first major port-of-call from Europe and is well placed for trans-shipping goods to landlocked west African nations. Additional advantages lie in its deep-draft structure and a wide access channel which allows round-the-clock access to the port.
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Senegal inherited a relatively modern maritime infrastructure from the French colonial period. Dakar's current infrastructure includes a tanker terminal, a container terminal with 424 metres of berth and an eight-hectare yard area. The port complex also includes a grain shipping facility and fishing port, a dedicated phosphate terminal, and a privately run ship ...
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