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Logistics performance: the Autonomous Port of Dakar ranked 1st container port in the sub-Saharan region

24/09/2025
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The performance index (mso-fareast-language:fr">cppi) published by LaBanque global and S&P Global Market Intelligence mentions that Dakar was ranked 1st container port in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024. This information is provided by the Strategic Communication Unit of the Pad.

mso-fareast-language:en">The Strategic Communication Unit of the Dakar Autonomous Port announced that the score of the Autonomous Port of Dakar went from -82 in 2023 to +23 in 2024, one of the most strong global increases. This ranking, which measures the total time spent by ships between their arrival at anchor and their departure from the dock, We explain, highlights the spectacular progress made by the Senegal in terms of maritime logistics. According to the ADB report, this improvement is due to the fact that “the port, operated by DP World since 2008, has benefited from significant investments (new cranes, extension of areas) storage, community port system)”. Moreover, the same report indicates that the infrastructure is now benefiting from improvements in the terrestrial connectivity and trade facilitation, through a modernization of roads, the ongoing rehabilitation of the railway to the Mali and the establishment of a single customs window reducing delays.

The press release states that “at the level African, the Port of Dakar is located behind Port Said (Egypt) - 3rd in the world Tanger-Med (Morocco) - 5th world, Dakar (Senegal) - 108th world, Mogadishu (Somalia) - 163rd world, Toamasina (Madagascar) - 177th world, El Dekheila (Egypt) - 190th world, Sokhna (Egypt) - 217th world, Freetown (Sierra) Leone) - 216th world, Conakry (Guinea) - 235th world, Berbera (Somalia) - 243rd in the world”.

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