Project Description

  • Project name: Conakry Pre feasibility study bauxite export
  • Project location: Guinea
  • Name of client: Eurasian Resources
  • Project value: 52,500 euro
  • Period: January – September 2016

Description of the project

PCR carried out a pre-feasibility study for a bauxite export operation by river barges from inland Guinea. The operation consisted in storing the bauxite in a river terminal and transferring it to a Capesize vessel by means of offshore ship-to-ship transhipment.
The objective of the study was to identify the most economical way of exporting the mineral, considering all the logistic concepts, operations, equipment and terminal construction costs.

Services provided by Port Consultants Rotterdam

  • Offshore transshipment
  • Nautical studies
  • Environmental studies
  • Conceptual design
  • Maritime and river transport economics
  • Terminal planning
  • Maritime and river transport logistics