Port of Cotonou, Benin. Trade with Nigeria

1. Autonomous Port of Cotonou (Republic of Benin)
2. Main features of the Port of Cotonou
3. Access to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger

Port of Cotonou (Benin)

Maritime Transport in Africa (West African Ports).

The Subject “Autonomous Autonomous Port of Cotonou (Benin) (Benin)” belongs to the following Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Courses: Transport and Logistics in Africa, Maritime Transport.

Business in West Africa.

Masters: Transport in Africa, Business in Africa.

Doctorate in African Business, Global Logistics.

Languages: or Port de Cotonou. Summaries in Porto de Cotonou Puerto de Cotonou.

Area of Knowledge: Africa.

The Autonomous Port of Cotonou is one of the largest ports in West Africa

1. Gateway to other landlocked Western African Countries: Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso
2. The Port of Cotonou is the first transit port of the Republic of Niger
3. Access to the Benin-Niger Railway (Rail Transport in Africa)

1. 80% of the goods are re-exported to other regional markets, mainly to Nigeria and Niger
2. Strong informal trade with Nigeria
3. Bollore Africa Logistics has the concession (200 million dollars) for the South Wharf container Terminal of The Port of Cotonou
4. The Port of Cotonou is a deepwater port
5. Access to the Beninese cities: Porto-Novo, Abomey-Calavi, Djougou, Kétou, Parakou
6. The Port of Cotonou is substantially equidistant from the Port of Lagos (Nigeria), 115 kilometers and the Port of Lomé (Togo) 135 kilometers
7. Road links to Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Togo
8. The Port of Cotonou is managed by the Ports Authority of Cotonou

More information about Benin (EENI African Business Portal).

Trans-African Roads (Transport corridors).

1. Dakar-Benin-Lagos Logistics Corridor
2. Trans-Sahelian Highway

African Regional Economic Communities.

1. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
2. West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)