Fertilizer Port Fact Sheet for the ECOWAS Region: Dakar, Senegal
| Jurisdiction: | Dakar, Senegal | |
| Date of acession | 2024-07-23T06:05:17Z | |
| Date of availability | 2024-07-23T06:05:17Z | |
| Date of issue | 2022 | |
| Abstract | The fertilizer port factsheet gives information about a port in Dakar, Senegal. In terms of infrastructure, the factsheet covers dry bulk berths with three berths usable for fertilizer. The berth lengths are 645 m (Q3), 360 m (Q5), and 700 m (Q8).Access to the mainland is by road and rail, and the competing port is Abidjan. The destination countries for transit goods are Mali and Burkina Faso. Maximum bulb carriers are 30,000t each for Q3, Q5, and Q8. Storage areas suitable for fertilizer have a capacity of 216,000 m2. The warehouse has a maximum capacity of 98,000 m2. Over the past five years, the warehouse has handled a total of 425,077 tons of fertilizer. The optimal offloading rate is 1500–2000 t/day. In operations, bulk carrier berthing time is a minimum of 0.3 and a maximum of 15 days. Road traffic exiting the port is low. The average number of rainy days is 48, and the dry bulk handling system is a mobile crane and mobile bagging station. The average port charge for fertilizer is US $20/t. | |
| URL | https://hub.ifdc.org/handle/20.500.14297/3085 | |
| Language | en | |
| Subject | Fertilizers | |
| Title | Fertilizer Port Fact Sheet for the ECOWAS Region: Dakar, Senegal |