Permanent Actions

  • The approval of port services tariffs;
  • Monitoring the progress of the Limbe and Kribi deep sea ports’construction projects;
  • Monitoring the implementation of port police safety/security standards ;
  • The publication of the annual report on the status of the national ports sector;
  • Monitoring the establishment of environmental protection measures in the port of Douala ;
  • The publication of annual statistical data on the port sector.

Current Actions

  • Monitoring the implementation of port concessions;
  • Compliance of Cameroon’s port facilities with the standards of the ISPS Code ;
  • An establishment of a co-operation platform with the National Competition Commission;
  • An establishment of a framework for monitoring actions contributing to the port environmental protection.

Achievements

  • A study of port autonomy issues in Cameroon ;
  • A study on the assessment of operational capacities of the Garoua and Kribi ports, with regard to the issues of their autonomy ;
  • A comparative study of the texts governing the five (05) regulatory agencies in Cameroon ;
  • A study on the definition of the framework for the system of transfer to the private sector of activities of an industrial and commercial nature;
  • A study on the development of safety and port police standards, and proposals on mechanisms for monitoring their application ;
  • A study on competition issues in the performance of port activities;
  • A study on the establishment of environmental protection measures in the port of Douala ;
  • A study on the assessment of the port link in the organisation of the freight transport national chain;
  • A study of the containerised traffic and its impact on Cameroonian ports;
  • A study on the analysis of port professions tariffs;
  • A study on the review of actions of port costs reduction;
  • An establishment of a framework for collaboration and exchange of data between APN and port operators;
  • A study on the competitiveness of Cameroonian ports compared to competing ports in the West African Coast;
  • A study on the preliminary development of the port costs reduction plan;
  • A study on the development of the national ports master plan;
  • A study on the development of a technical data bank for the Kribi, Limbe and Douala port sites.
  • A study on the drafting of the Waterway Development and Operation Master Plan;
  • A study on the drafting of the Coastal Development and Protection Master Plan ;