Freetown Harbor
| Freetown Harbor | |||
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| Data | |||
| UN / LOCODE | SL FNA | ||
| operator | Sierra Leone Ports Authority | ||
| start of building | 1953 | ||
| costs | 1.47 million pounds sterling | ||
| opening | 1953 | ||
| Port type | seaport | ||
| Piers / quays | 6th | ||
| Throughput | 453,990 tons | ||
| Container (TEU) | 46,427 TEU (2015) | ||
| website | www.slpa.sl | ||
| Geographic information | |||
| place | Freetown | ||
| area | Western (Sierra Leone) | ||
| Country | Sierra Leone | ||
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 29 '36 " N , 13 ° 12' 47" W | ||
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The Queen Elizabeth II Quay ( English Port of Freetown ) with the Queen Elizabeth II Quay is a seaport in the Sierra Leonean capital of Freetown . It is the largest port in the country in terms of area and the third largest natural port in the world. It is operated by the Sierra Leone Ports Authority .
The port, located on the south coast of the Sierra Leone River in Fourah Bay , allows ships with a maximum draft of 11.90 meters. The port has various facilities, including four warehouses, an oil terminal with tank farms for gas oil, petrol and bioethanol, container spaces and handling facilities. The port offers six berths and a storage area of 31,000 square meters . Only two berths with a length of 722 meters are actively used.
In November 2011, the operation of the container port was transferred to the company Bolloré Africa Logistics for 25 years. The port has been massively expanded by the operator for 130 million US dollars since 2016.
history
Construction of the port facilities began in 1953 under the name Fourah Bay . The quays then cost £ 1.47 million .
Economical meaning
The port of Freetown is of outstanding importance for the country's trade. It is to be expanded for more than 11 million US dollars . The port was called at the end of 2013 for the first time by an international cruise ship, the Hamburg .
Web links
- Official port site (English)
- Website of the container terminal operator Bolloré Africa (English)
- Sierra Leone Port reform of the Sierra Leonean Privatization Commission (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Port Statistics. Sierra Leone Ports Authority ( Memento of the original dated May 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Sierra Leone Ports Authority. The European Times, date unknown ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 21, 2014
- ↑ SIERRA LEONE COUNTRY PRESENTATION SL PARTNERSHIP FORUM. SLIEPA, date unknown, p. 3 ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 21, 2014
- ↑ Lynda Davies: Africa: a continent of opportunity and challenge , In: Tank Storage Magazine , Vol. 9, No. 5, September / October 2013, pp. 38–41.
- ↑ Freetown Port. International Port Directory, accessed February 21, 2014
- ↑ a b Infrastructure Set-up - Overview. SLIEPA, 2013 ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 21, 2014
- ↑ PORT OF FREETOWN. Port Report Africa, 1st quarter 2013, accessed on February 21, 2014
- ^ Port of Freetown, Sierra Leone - Freetown Terminal. Bolloré Africa Logistics ( Memento of the original dated February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 21, 2014
- ↑ NCP ANNUAL REPORT - 2017 National Commission for Privatization. Retrieved April 6, 2019, p. 2.
- ^ House of Commons debate. July 20, 1955, issue 544, accessed February 21, 2014
- ↑ IPC Set To Receive MS Hamburg Cruiseship On The 25th December 2013 At Queen Elizabeth II Quay. Sierra Leone National Tourist Board, November 27, 2013 ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 21, 2014
