Port of Doraleh

Port of Doraleh
Location
Country Djibouti
Location Balbala
Website
www.dpworld-doraleh.com

The Port of Doraleh is an extension of the Port of Djibouti, located 5 km west of Djibouti City. The multipurpose port has terminals for handling oil, bulk cargo, and containers. It is owned and operated by DP World and China Merchants Holdings.[1][2] There is a Chinese naval base directly adjacent to the port.

Operations

The Doraleh multipurpose port has a total of 15 berths over a 4 km long quay. One of the berths is reserved for the use of the Chinese Navy, which has a base on the western edge of the port.[3][4] All of the terminals have direct access to the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, which provides landlocked Ethiopia with railroad access to the sea.[5]

Container terminal

In 2011, 450,000 containers passed through the port of Doraleh, who hopes to 700,000 in the near future. The Doraleh container terminal became April 17, 2012 the second port in Africa to have equipment to detect nuclear and radioactive materials after the one in Mombasa (Kenya). Funded by the US government for an amount estimated between 8 to 10 million dollars, these sophisticated equipment designed for better control of containers. Each container passes through a portal that analyzes the contents without having to open it. If the portal detects a suspicious product, the container will be searched manually.

Oil terminal

The oil complex is characterized by the ability to accommodate vessels with a draft of 20 meters. it has a storage capacity of 370,000 m³. It is managed by the company "Horizon Djibouti Terminal Limited" (HDTL), which is positioned as a major economic player in Djibouti. There wants to create a local supply center, regional and international hydrocarbons. Djibouti, at the southern outlet of the Red Sea, is located on a wide lane of oil. It also offers access to the markets of other countries in the Horn of Africa.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 DP World – Doraleh. "DP World – Doraleh". DP World – Doraleh. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "China Merchants buys control of Djibouti's Red Sea container terminal". Infinity Cargo Express. 2014.
  3. ↑ Blair, Edmund (February 2, 2016). "China to start work soon on naval base in Djibouti - Guelleh". Reuters UK. The Chinese facilities would be at the $590 million Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port being built in the south of the country in partnership with China Merchants Holdings International. The navy would use one of the berths.
  4. ↑ Page, Jeremy (19 August 2016). "China Builds First Overseas Military Outpost". Wall Street Journal.
  5. ↑ Miad, Mahdi (15 October 2015). "Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Line to Start Early 2016". DP World Doraleh.

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