Eiffage’s subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil Marine has signed last July a design & build contract, secured as part of a consortium with Spie batignolles fondations and the Beninese firm Adéoti, to extend the harbour basin and several wharves and to renovate the North dock at the port of Cotonou in Benin. The contract is worth over EUR 160 million in total, with Eiffage’s share amounting to EUR 119 million.Consortium leader Eiffage Génie Civil Marine and its partners will carry out the following tasks on behalf of the autonomous port of CotonouRenovating and deepening the existing North dock along its entire 1,391-metre length, 16 metres deep with a pile & sheet piling structureExtending the North dock by 214 metres, 16 metres deep with diaphragm walls and constructing a roll-on roll-off rampExtending the South dock by 154 metres, 15 metres deep with diaphragm wallsExtending the harbour basin with creation of a rubble mound breakwater at the end of the dockDredging of all berths to 16 metres, plus maintenance dredging of the basinThe contract’s total 48-month duration includes five months of design and method studies, with construction due to begin in the first quarter of 2023. All port activities will continue throughout the works phase.This project is part of the master plan to enlarge and enhance the port of Cotonou, to strengthen the role of Benin’s only port as a powerhouse of local economic development. From 2025, the port’s new infrastructure will enable it to accommodate Post-Panamax container ships.
Eiffage’s subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil Marine has signed last July a design & build contract, secured as part of a consortium with Spie batignolles fondations and the Beninese firm Adéoti, to extend the harbour basin and several wharves and to renovate the North dock at the port of Cotonou in Benin. The contract is worth over EUR 160 million in total, with Eiffage’s share amounting to EUR 119 million.Consortium leader Eiffage Génie Civil Marine and its partners will carry out the following tasks on behalf of the autonomous port of CotonouRenovating and deepening the existing North dock along its entire 1,391-metre length, 16 metres deep with a pile & sheet piling structureExtending the North dock by 214 metres, 16 metres deep with diaphragm walls and constructing a roll-on roll-off rampExtending the South dock by 154 metres, 15 metres deep with diaphragm wallsExtending the harbour basin with creation of a rubble mound breakwater at the end of the dockDredging of all berths to 16 metres, plus maintenance dredging of the basinThe contract’s total 48-month duration includes five months of design and method studies, with construction due to begin in the first quarter of 2023. All port activities will continue throughout the works phase.This project is part of the master plan to enlarge and enhance the port of Cotonou, to strengthen the role of Benin’s only port as a powerhouse of local economic development. From 2025, the port’s new infrastructure will enable it to accommodate Post-Panamax container ships.
