China‘s multi-functional terminal has built jibouti port into a regional shipping and logistics center

Djibouti, located in the horn of Africa, is a key target of the government of djibouti, which is to guard the gulf of Aden and the red sea, and to build the port of djibouti into a regional shipping and logistics center. In the near future, with the completion of a large multi-purpose pier built by Chinese companies, the goal will be pushed forward. 

 

Project contract amount to $420 million of DORA ray terminal is the focus of the national economy and people‘s livelihood projects, djibouti port feeder, a 11 kilometers long and middle group construction of Ethiopia will put here to djibouti railway lines connected, thus eventually connect Ethiopia and djibouti port network of railway network. "This is very important for djibouti‘s economic development," said Mohammed Gullah, a 39-year-old white collar worker at djibouti. "This is very, very important, because both the port and rail projects will enhance djibouti‘s geostrategic position, which is important for the economic development of our country and other east African countries," he said. We firmly believe that these two projects will definitely change the economic situation of djibouti." 

 

Djibouti port is not only a rt: landlocked countries borrowed from the sea, and the red sea region handling container station, north to Europe through the Suez Canal or by the red sea south Indian Ocean vessels around the cape of good hope, will be made in djibouti port supply, its important strategic position, known as the sentinel on the offshore oil channel. 

 

The port of djibouti is on the southwest side of the gulf of Aden and is close to the international shipping lanes. It is one of the important ports in East Africa and the only channel for Ethiopia to import and export. Because the existing multi-function wharf is old and old, the facilities are backward, it is necessary to build a new multi-purpose wharf. 

 

On August 17, 2014, by China civil engineering construction group co., LTD. And China building the joint bid djibouti port DORA ray terminal issue of engineering construction, the construction period of 30 months, including 1200 meters long may arrange five multi-purpose deepwater berth wharf coastline and 175 m long service berth, and related supporting facilities, the project adopts the model of "design and construction general contracting" implementation. 

 

Today, engineering vehicles come and go on the docks at the gulf of Aden, a busy scene. "After the blasting is done, the stones are pulled out to fill the sea," said wu di, the chief engineer of the project department of the middle earth group dolore port. "there is the dredging and dredging. We‘re going to fill 600 meters in this port with a width of 1200 meters, and the water depth at the front is about minus 15 meters. We are mainly in the land reclamation, the protection of things, including the following fields, the yard, and the comprehensive building of the customs, the import and export taxes, the checkpoints, gas stations and other supporting facilities. 

 

The construction of the dori multi-functional wharf is one of the important actions to upgrade the infrastructure of djibouti port and build regional shipping and logistics center. The project phase I project will build 6 berths, able to berth 100,000 tons of vessels, and the throughput will be 7.08 million tons and 200 000 teu per year. Niu zengxiang, manager of the multi-function wharf project at the middle earth group, said the project was of great significance to the economy of djibouti and the promotion of employment. "Because djibouti is the country‘s main source of national income for the port, and there are still some foreign troops," he said. If the port is built, it will be 1.5 to 2 times more powerful than the current one, and its logistics capacity will be greatly enhanced. Not only the inputs and outputs to Ethiopia, but also the transit capacity of the surrounding countries, which will greatly enhance the economy and employment of the country. In the process of construction, we are also fully considering the local operation, working closely with the government, and the local employment ratio is 1:2 to 1:3.