The Cameroonian group, KPMO, (made up of 9 companies from the port market including APM, TRANSIMEX AND SAPEM) responsible for the management of the multipurpose terminal of the Autonomous Port of Kribi (PAK) since July 2018, will have to leave the ship in a little more ” one month, i.e. June 30, 2020.
“The limited international tender for the concession of the development, operation and maintenance activities of the multi-purpose terminal, launched on January 17, 2019 by Patrice Melom, Director General of the Port Authority of Kribi is clear. Since June 14, 2019, the name of the company retained for the succession of Kribi Port Multiple Operators, KPMO, is known. This is the Filipino group ICTSI “
The Cameroonian group was not given a stay. Infact, the restricted international tender launched by the director general of the Port of Kribi, Patrice Melom, already excluded KPMO from the race, despite the fact that it managed the terminal successfully.”
The document had effectively stopped the five groups which were to bid on the tender. “We also mention the desire to bring the Filipino back to the Port of Kribi. Because in 2008, ICTSI lost the international call for tenders relating to “the financing, construction and operation of the Kribi deep water port” to the benefit of the BOLLORE / CMACGM / CHEC consortium after an intervention by the Presidency of the Republic.”
If KPMO’s departure is seen as “the failure of a lobby,” on-site staff welcome the departure. “KPMO was not to manage this terminal. They were incompetent at all levels, ” a dock worker said. 5
