SCTP Kisangani Port

Port Overview

Port Location and Contacts
Country	The Democratic Republic of Congo
Province or District	TSCHOPO (ex Province Orientale)
Town or City (Closest location) with Distance (km)	Name: Kisangani km: n/a
Port's Complete Name	Port de Kisangani
Latitude	0.507761
Longitude	25.18997
Managing Company or Port Authority	SCTP (Société Commerciale des Transports et des Ports)
Management Contact Person	Fernand KALALA Directeur Adjoint du Port +243 850631956 fernandkalala@yahoo.fr
Closest Airport and Frequent Airlines to / from International Destinations	Airport Name: n/a Airlines: n/a

Port Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

4.4 Democratic Republic of Congo Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Berthing Specifications

Type of Berth	Quantity	Length (m)	Maximum Draft (m)
Conventional Berth	n/a	n/a	300 meters / 2.5 meters (dry season) / 5-6 meters (rain season)
Container Berth	n/a	n/a	n/a
Silo Berth	n/a	n/a	n/a
Berthing Tugs	n/a
Water Barges	n/a

Port Handling Equipment

Equipment	Available (Yes / No)	Total Quantity and Capacity Available	Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage
Dockside Crane	Yes	5 x TITAN cranes (3-5 tons) 1 x DERRICK crane (8-10 tons)	2 x hardly serviceable 1 x engine broken

Equipment

Available

(Yes / No)

Total Quantity and Capacity Available

Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage

Dockside Crane

Yes

5 x TITAN cranes (3-5 tons)

1 x DERRICK crane (8-10 tons)

2 x hardly serviceable

1 x engine broken

View of the cranes and warehouses

Container Facilities

NOTE: a food company (Economat du Peuple) is shipping frozen fishes between Kisangani and Kinshasa with barges equipped with Reefer containers (6 x 40’).

Photo below showing barge.

Customs Guidance

1.3 Democratic Republic of Congo Customs Information

Terminal Information

Main Storage Terminal

Storage Type	Number of Storage Facilities	Area (square meters)
Bagged Cargo	n/a	n/a
Refrigerated Cargo	n/a	n/a
General Cargo	Warehouse 1 Warehouse 2 Warehouse 3 See image above	approx. 2,000 m² approx. 6,000 m² approx. 3,000 m²

Storage Type

Number of Storage Facilities

Area (square meters)

Bagged Cargo

n/a

Refrigerated Cargo

n/a

General Cargo

Warehouse 1

Warehouse 2

Warehouse 3

See image above

approx. 2,000 m²

approx. 6,000 m²

approx. 3,000 m²

SNCC Kisangani Port

Port Overview

In front of the SCTP port, on the opposite bank of the Congo River, there is another port run by SNCC. This facility is almost abandoned, except at its very end where a private logging company is shipping logs to Kinshasa.

The quay is 220 meters long and is connected by rail to the train station behind.

Port Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

4.4 Democratic Republic of Congo Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Port Handling Equipment

All dock cranes (5 TITANs) are out of order. But the logging company (CFT / Compagnie Forestière de Transformation) can rent their cranes (25 & 42 tons capacity).

Customs Guidance

1.3 Democratic Republic of Congo Customs Information

Terminal Information

Main Storage Terminal

All large storage along the quay are non-serviceable, even if some of them only need roofing. But there is large storage in the ground floor, fenced and almost dry, easy access from the quay for workers and vehicles, which is estimated to have a surface of 1,500 m².

Hinterland Information

For crossing the Congo River, there is a pontoon between the two banks:

Loading of vehicles on barges

It is important to mention that in most official ports (SCTP / SNCC) in DRC, there are not sufficient lifting capacity for putting vehicles on vessels. Therefore, private shore owners have set up “homemade” systems for allowing vehicles to drive onto barges:

Extremely long barge on the Congo river near Kisangani.