Overview

For information on Port contact details, please see the following link:

4.8 Central African Republic Port and Waterways Company Contact List 

A landlocked country, the CAR is served by Ubangui, which is a major river transport route. However, traffic on this maritime route is confronted by low water (not allowing navigation of barges during dry season) and silting which slows down the navigability. For good management and maintenance of Ubangui and Congo rivers, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and RD.Congo and the other riparian states adopted in 2008 "the tripartite memorandum of understanding concerning the modalities of maintenance of the tracks waterways of common interest and the Cémac / DRC Code of Inland Navigation of December 1999". Desalination of the watercourse by dredging and marking is one of the proposed solutions. State charges are allocated by portion of watercourses, in accordance with the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding concerning the maintenance of waterways of common interest. This agreement provides the maintenance and marking of the Pool Malebo road (PK 10 to PK 50 in Maloukou) and the section between PK 50 on the Congo River and Mobenzele (PK 173 on Ubangui). From PK 339 of the Congo River, 10 km upstream from Bolobo to Liranga, maintenance and marking on the right bank are the responsibility of Congo and CAR. Oubangui's dredging and redevelopment operations since its confluence with the river to Bangui are also carried out by these two countries. The purpose of this work is to provide a maximum draft of 0.9 m in low water at the 1.2m scale at the threshold of Zinga. The tripartite agreement also provides for a permanent inspection mechanism on inland waterways, which is monitored by the State services. Captains and other crew members are required to cooperate with the inspection service (June 2018).

Company Information

In 1996 Bolloré Africa Logistics was awarded the concession for the container terminal at the port of Bangui. Bolloré Africa Logistics, which has a workforce of 200, carries merchandise up and down the Ubangui river and between the cities of Brazzaville/ Kinshasa and Bangui. All the companies present to support operations at the port are Bollore Africa Logistics affiliated. 

Key Routes

Travel Time Matrix

Port Information

Between Bangui and Bangassou, there is a riverbreak due to Mobaye dam and waterfalls (see above picture) with width  600 m.

The “ecluse (lock)” doesn’t exist anymore.

The West Mobaye port is very basic – no infrastructure and equipment is available, while the East Mobaye port is the old port, with a jetty

used before the dam was built in the early eighties.

There are no “Baleiniere” after Mobaye –there is another riverbreak with 5/10 meters waterfalls at Ouango so the waterway toBangassou is not passable.

An evaluation is on-going between Mobaye and Ouango. The LCA will be updated accordingly.

 Mobaye - Dam (left) and waterfalls (right)

BALEINIERES BANGUI

See 4.8 Central African Republic Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Map of ferries