Additional Port of Dakar Information
The Port of Dakar is at the crossroad between Europe, North America, South America and
West Sub-Saharan Africa. It is located on the westernmost coast of Africa, built on a natural
crew reef and well protected from Atlantic swell. The port has been opened to commercial
traffic since 1865. It provides excellent shelter to ships, and ensures safe access at all times:
the highest tides vary between 0.20 and 1.80 metres.
Dakar has one of the largest deep-water seaports along the West African coast. It ranks fifth
in cargo volume after Richards-Bay, Durban, Lagos and Abidjan. The Senegalese government
has established an independent entity to manage the port, namely the Société Nationale du
Port Autonome de Dakar (SN-PAD) or Dakar Port Authority.
The port of Dakar's advantageous location as an entryway into West Africa makes it a
natural port of call for shipping companies from all over the world.
The Port is divided in two distinct zones divided by the fishing port, ship yards and a military
Zone. Each Zone is sub-divided in piers. Zone South: Piers I, II and II. Zone Nord: Pier IV, V,
VIII, the Container Terminal and the Hydrocarbons wharf.
South Zone
The southern Zone contains Piers 1, 2, and 3, linked together by quays. The Port of Dakar’s
southern zone piers have depths from 8.5 to 10 meters.
The southern Zone mainly handles general cargo, part of the container traffic (40%), the
transit traffic of the Republic of Mali, as well as passenger traffic. The southern zone has 3
terminals for Ro-Ro traffics, 12 for general cargoes and 2 tugs and pilot boats stations.
North Zone
The northern Zone contains Piers 4, 5 and 8, 10. Depths 5 -12 meters. The Zone contains
also the Container Terminal: it covers 21 hectares and includes 3 berths with alongside
depth of 13 meters.
It has specific facilities for all types of cargo: liquid bulk (refined hydrocarbons, oil and wine)
and solid bulks (phosphates, wheat and rice).
Twenty berths are available, one of them with alongside depth up to 12 meters for
phosphates shipping. In this area contains also the oil wharf accessible to vessels with a
maximum draught of 12 meters.
Terminal equipments: 4 portico with 2 post Panamax and 10 RTG.
Terminal equipment: 4 portiques , 2 of them for postpanamax and 10 RTG.
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The total length of the piers is about 10 km for 40 available berths. The draught is between
10 and 13 meters.
The Dakar Port also got a new Logistic Platform to improve their activities. The platform
cover 21 hectares, there is 40 000 m2 of Warehouses, 750 parking places for trucks. The
platform regroups also the offices of freight forwarders, customs, wholesalers etc. For now
the platform is not totally operational. There have to find a company to manage it properly.
For now it is used occasionally for transit to Mali but the normal operations, possibility to
rent warehouse etc. haven’t started yet
Containerised Cargo Handling Charges
Containerised Cargo Handling type
Discharge, loading, shifting within the hold orshifting on
deck without landing
Containers handled via a conventional ship
Containers handled on a Ro-Ro basis
Empty containers
Transhipment containers, overland containers, containers
shipped & re-landed or landed & re-shipped or shifted
from hold to hold
Stripping or Stuffing of Containers
Stripping and re-stuffing transhipment cargo
20 ft (TEU's)
71.106 FCFA
minimum
N/A
N/A
35.552 FCFA
N/A
40 ft (FEU's)
142.212 FCFA
minimum
71.106 FCFA
-
5314
FCFA/MT
N/A
5314 FCFA/MT
-
Shore Handling Types:
Import Containers
Export Containers
Stripping and re-stuffing for customs verification
Stripping and re-stuffing of un-nominated or shut-out
export cargo
Stripping or re-stuffing of containers taken to Customs
Warehouse
20 ft (TEU's)
71.106
minimum
71.106
minimum
35.566
N/A
40 ft (FEU's)
142.212
minimum
142.212
minimum
71.132
-
N/A
-
Port Cargo Handling Equipment Charges
Service (Per hour of part thereof)
Mobile Crane more than 5 mt inclusive of driver
Charge (indicate
currency)
24.576 FCFA
Mobile Crane less than 5 mt or equal inclusive of driver
120.670 FCFA
Forklift or Tractor more than 5 mt inclusive of driver
33.412 FCFA
Forklift or Tractor less than 5 mt or equal of inclusive of
driver
24.576 FCFA