San Pedro seeks to compete

The new development in Cameroon’s port of Kribi will enhance the flow of exports of raw materials such as cotton, timber and cocoa.

Bolloré Transport & Logistics Côte d’Ivoire has built a new container loading station for cocoa in the port area of San Pedro.

The world’s two biggest cocoa producers have signed a strategic partnership agreement to coordinate their cocoa marketing in order to maximise prices.

Ter Haak Intermodal (THI) and Katoen Natie (KN) have jointly won a new cocoa contract from Cargill with an innovative handling and intermodal package deal, consolidating Amsterdam’s position as Europe’s leading cocoa port.

Ter Haak Intermodal (THI) and Katoen Natie (KN) have jointly won a new cocoa contract from Cargill with an innovative handling and intermodal package deal, consolidating Amsterdam’s position as Europe’s leading cocoa port. The contract covers 70,000 tpa of cocoa destined for the Berlin market, traffic Cargill previously moved through the port of Hamburg.

The London P&I Club has warned that ships are being offered iron ore cargoes for loading in Sierra Leone which are unsafe, and that limited local expertise and technology, together with poor communications, are exacerbating the problems.