Bolloré Africa Logistics
| Public | |
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | 31-32 Quai de Dion Bouton, 92811 Puteaux, France |
Key people | Dominique Lafont[1] (CEO) |
| Products | Transport, Logistics, Infrastructure construction |
| Revenue | € 2.5 billion turnover (2012) |
Number of employees | 25 000 (2013) |
| Parent | Bolloré Group |
| Website | Bolloré Africa Logistics |
Bolloré Group operates in Africa since 1927. In 2008, Bolloré Africa Logistics was established to consolidate the Bolloré Group infrastructure and logistic activities across the African continent.[2]
Bolloré Africa Logistics is present in 56 countries worldwide, including 46 in Africa.[3] The company has 250 subsidiaries employing 25,000 permanent staff.[4]
Network
Bolloré Africa Logistics has active companies in 46 African countries:[5]
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinae Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.[6]
The company also has offices in China, India, Australia, the Philippines, Dubaï, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, Portugal and France.
Public-Private Partnership: Ports
The company operates 15 container terminals and 11 dry ports through Public-Private Partnerships.[7]
Container Terminals
TC2 and Abidjan Terminal (Port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast); Bangui Terminal (Port of Bangui, Central African Republic); Benin Terminal (Port of Cotonou, Benin); Congo Terminal (Port of Pointe-Noire, Congo); Conakry Terminal (Port of Conakry, Guinea); Dakar Terminal (Port of Dakar, Senegal); Douala Terminal (Port of Douala, Cameroon); Freetown Terminal (Port of Freetown, Sierra Leone); Misrata Terminal (Port of Misrata, Libya) on-going implementation; Moroni Terminal (Port of Moroni, Comoros); MPS Terminal (Port of Tema, Ghana); Owendo Terminal (Port of Libreville, Gabon); SMTC Terminal (Port of Cotonou, Benin); Tincan Terminal (Port of Lagos, Nigeria); Togo Terminal (Port of Lomé, Togo).
Dry Ports
Lomé (Togo), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Ngaoundéré (Cameroon), Bélabo (Cameroon), Kinshasa (DRC), Kigali (Rwanda), Kampala (Uganda), Kisumu (Kenya), MCT Mombasa (Kenya); Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).
Public-Private Partnership: Railways
Bolloré Africa Logistics operates railways under subsidiary companies in the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso through its subsidiary Sitarail since 1995 and in Cameroon through its subsidiary Camrail since 1999.
Logistic activities
Logistics activities of Bolloré Africa Logistics are haulage, industrial project logistics, heavy lift, out of gauge transport, rail transport, air transit, barging, port handling, shipping, shipyards, Customs formalities, and Supply chain and warehouse management.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-15/bollore-africa-logistics-may-expand-into-nigeria-ethiopia-echos-reports.html
- ↑ The Financial Times – article published on September 16, 2008 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/00712422-840d-11dd-bf00-000077b07658.html#axzz2OqG6wmq8
- ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/bollore-plans-to-expand-container-port-operations-across-africa.html
- ↑ The Financial Times – article published on March 14, 2013 - Bolloré logistics arm to ‘unlock Africa’ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e26ac842-8b1a-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2OqG6wmq8
- ↑ http://www.theafricareport.com/Reuters-Feed/Bollore-has-big-plans-for-Abidjan-container-port.html
- ↑ Main Bolloré Africa Logistics infrastructures http://www.lesechos.fr/pop.htm?http://blogs2.lesechos.fr/IMG/jpg/ide_afrikbollore.jpg
- ↑ http://www.proparco.fr/webdav/site/proparco/shared/PORTAILS/Secteur_prive_developpement/PDF/SPD9/SPD9_edouard_de_vergeron_UK.pdf
