French company may manage Berbera Port

[Keyse_0208]

Bollore Africa Logistics (SDV international), a French-based company, is close to striking a deal to manage Berbera Port, Capital has learnt. Eng.Ali Omer Mohamed, General Manager of Berbera Port Authority announced that a memorandum of understanding was signed between SDV representatives and port officials four months ago. He said: “We are looking at and dealing with this big French company in that regard.” However, he also admitted that since the memorandum of understanding was signed there has been little progress.

SDV’s agent in Addis Ababa did not have any comment on the issue. The Somaliland press said on 28 May, 2009 that a delegation of French officials arrived on a private jet in the Somaliland port city of Berbera for talks with the President of Somaliland Dahir Rayale Kahin and other senior officials who had travelled from the capital, Hargeisa.

The port manager told Capital that this French company was interested in investing in the port. According to the local media, Bollore was the first logistics network integrated in Africa and has over 200 agencies throughout the continent.

Engineer Ali Omer Mohamed said that both the Governments of Ethiopia and Somaliland are working together to upgrade the port, and that everything is now underway. He added that neighbouring countries, including Ethiopia, can utilise the port for competitive and reasonable tariffs.

The security situation of Somaliland in general, and the Berbera Port in particular, are now considered stable. The port manger said it is very safe for trucks, containers and the necessary facilities for truck drivers are maintained.

Abdullahi M. Duale, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland said that Ethiopia is not a landlocked country because it has Berbera Port that it can utilise it as its own. The minister noted that Ethiopian and Somaliland are not only partners in security, but partner in trade; currently the World Food Programme is using the port as an alternative entry into Ethiopia to bring in its emergency relief packages for those people in Somali region who are critically short of food.

The foreign minister added that the port will have regional importance and that there are plans for its development, including a major new access road. He concluded: “We will be sending very soon a technical committee to Addis Ababa which will be looking in a comprehensive way at to how to start the activity. We will be hoping to sign a memorandum of understanding.”

Berbera Port Fact File:

- It is 1090 km from Addis Ababa
- It is located on the south coast of the Gulf of Aden
- Its time zone is GMT plus three hours
- Ships approach southeast from the Red Sea and southwest from Gulf States
- The depth of the entrance bay is approximately 30 metres.
- The depth of the water ranges from nine to 12 metres.

[salafi_student]

Keyse you still haven't grown-up of your day dreams!.....Ethiopians are the proud owners of berbera, get use to this reality and you'll be fine .......Sad isn't it though?
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Beside the subject, I'm glad to be back to Snet again.

Salaam to everyone

[Keyse_0208]

Waryaa Salafi aka Executive, get off somaliland Nutz and go free Xaarcaanood

[salafi_student]

Keyse aka keyse and ak Keyse.. I didn't know you absorb this place 24/7 - what a quick reply that was..Relax, go and take a break from this place walaal ..lol


Plus You definitely haven't grown-up since....At least wlc me back ..k

[djibsomali]

waryaa salafi what happen to you to welcome you back?
did you left?
have u gone to a place without internet?
have u done an internet ramadan?

what happen???

[salafi_student]

waryaa salafi what happen to you to welcome you back?
did you left?
have u gone to a place without internet?
have u done an internet ramadan?

what happen???

Yeah, the internet connection got loose and snet went off air just when I was about to deliver my Eid massege to netters. So I never looked back until the other day, and now I'm fully back again.

I see, you've been educating kids as usual...any graduates?

[yawle]

This is what Djibooty feared most. Djibouti is a small shytty country with no natural resources whatsoever. Their port is the only thing that whole country lives for and dies for. And with Berbera coming to prominence, it means a life and death to them.

If I were the president of djibouti I would have made sure I recognised Somaliland and made friendly genstures before its too late. Because when the hour comes, Somaliland will teach a lesson to anyone that has cooperated against its interests and Djibouti is first on the list.

[senoritaa]

This is what Djibooty feared most. Djibouti is a small shytty country with no natural resources whatsoever. Their port is the only thing that whole country lives for and dies for. And with Berbera coming to prominence, it means a life and death to them.

If I were the president of djibouti I would have made sure I recognised Somaliland and made friendly genstures before its too late. Because when the hour comes, Somaliland will teach a lesson to anyone that has cooperated against its interests and Djibouti is first on the list.

[salafi_student]

^^^

Living in fantasy..lol

Yeah, Djibouti are fearing of our refugees tuning up on their borders..lol and No wonder why they've decided to close their borders..I don't blame them! Our desperate refugees are alternatively choosing to die in the Libyan desert.



Peace..

[Keyse_0208]

This is what Djibooty feared most. Djibouti is a small shytty country with no natural resources whatsoever. Their port is the only thing that whole country lives for and dies for. And with Berbera coming to prominence, it means a life and death to them.

If I were the president of djibouti I would have made sure I recognised Somaliland and made friendly genstures before its too late. Because when the hour comes, Somaliland will teach a lesson to anyone that has cooperated against its interests and Djibouti is first on the list.

Djibouti aint really saying anything man, they're only 500,000 people as a whole and a 3rd of those people are basiclly landers, so you do the math.

[sheekh-Farax-zero]

It is 1090 km from Addis Ababa to Berbera

waaaaaaaaaaaaaw

fart-dis-ababa is closer to Hargeisa than Hamar,,

Hamar to Hargeisa is about 1600km.

[Xaaji_Xundjuf]

It is 1090 km from Addis Ababa to Berbera

waaaaaaaaaaaaaw

fart-dis-ababa is closer to Hargeisa than Hamar,,

Hamar to Hargeisa is about 1600km.

yeah its great somaha adis ababa here we come

[salafi_student]

yeah its great somaha adis ababa here we come

O Yeah, Disney-land here we come!


Some people do live in a fantasy world after all.

[salafi_student]

So which one the French or South Africans .....lol

[Xamari_76]

This story is bullshid berbera is a ghost town.