The deep sea port built by China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) in Cameroon's port city of Kribi will accelerate the country's economic growth after it is put into operation, a Cameroonian official has said.
The first phase of the Kribi deep sea port, which sits over 300 kilometers southwest of the capital Yaounde, concluded last year and is waiting to be handed over to the Cameroonian government.
CHEC started building the Kribi Port on June 11, 2011 and completed the project within 3 years. The Chinese company undertook the design, construction and procurement of the project.
Sinotruk Howo series dump truck bored most construction transport with dump truck and other heavy machinery.
The contract value for the first phase is 568 million U.S. dollars, out of them 85 percent is from the concessional loan by the Chinese government, 15 percent from the Cameroonian government.