Reliable Ship Agency and Crew Handling Solutions at the Port of Kribi, Cameroon

Kribi Deep Sea Port, at Mboro about 35 km south of Kribi town, opened to commercial traffic in 2018 and is the only port in Cameroon that takes deep-draft vessels. It was built on a naturally deep stretch of the Atlantic coast, so there is no dredged channel and no tidal window: ships berth and sail on schedule, and the 16 m depth alongside handles the container and bulk tonnage that cannot enter the Wouri estuary at Douala. The Port Autonome de Kribi (PAK) is the port authority; the container terminal and the multipurpose terminal are run by private concession operators, and the port works around the clock.

The terminals handle containers (including transhipment for the Gulf of Guinea), general and project cargo, bulk minerals and timber, and the port serves the offshore oil and gas installations along this coast: the Kome-Kribi 1 FSO that loads Chad–Cameroon pipeline crude, and the Hilli Episeyo floating LNG unit moored off Kribi. A second development phase is extending the quays and the industrial zone behind the port.

For in-water work, Kribi is the best site in Cameroon. The water is clear, visibility is good and there is no tide to plan around, which is why we recommend it for class in-water surveys (UWILD), CCTV hull inspections and any job the surveyor wants to watch on screen. Our divers, supervisors and equipment are based in the country; most of our Cameroon diving work is done at Kribi, alongside during cargo operations, and the same agency desk that covers Douala handles port formalities, crew and supplies here.