ARISE Mauritania Port (DFC-ARISE)

Countries
  • Mauritania
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Nouakchott
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Financial Institutions
  • US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
Meridiam Infrastructure Africa Fund
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Construction
  • Transport
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Investment Amount (USD)
Not Disclosed
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ DFC website

Updated in EWS Aug 21, 2020


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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

The proposed Project consists of the development, construction, and operation of a new container and oil terminal south of the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania. The Project is located in the existing Port of Nouakchott, which handles containers, bulk, and tankers. Specifically, the Project will entail:

  • Construction of a 570-meter main berth, a 7.2 ha container yard, and extension of the existing breakwater by ~100 meters;
  • Capital dredging to expand/deepen the existing navigation channel and port basin to -15.7 meters depth. Total volume of dredged material is expected to be ~ 5.2 million m3 , and the dredged material will be disposed of at sea;
  • Demolition of the existing oil jetty and pipelines, and provision of three new oil pipelines and one gas pipeline (total length of ~500 meters);
  • Connection to the national water supply, power supply, and telecommunication networks; and construction of back-up diesel generators, earthing, substation equipment and building, and cabling from substation to the port equipment/facilities/buildings; and
  • Construction of other facilities, including an administration building, control room, workshop building, sanitary and rest area building, fencing, upgrading of existing warehouses, parking area, empty container yard (3.5 ha), port navigation lights, weighbridge, reefer gantry, wastewater treatment plant, hazardous material and waste storage facility, and a worker accommodation camp.
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Port Autonome de Nouakchott - BP 7303 Nouakchott - Mauritania
+222 45 29 64 52, +222 45 29 64 53
mauritanie@arisenet.com 

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