Project detail - LOME CONTAINER TERMINAL SA

LOME CONTAINER TERMINAL SA

Status: Approved investment
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Who is our customer

Lomé Container Terminal, a newly constructed port in Lomé, Togo. FMO financed EUR 25 mln (2011), this is a new round in 2015 of EUR 10 mln.

What is our funding objective?

A consortium of DFIs, including FMO, financed the construction of the port and this phase of the project will be completed in 2015. FMO and two other DFIs have now provided a follow up loan package to finance additional cranes to enable the port to handle a larger volume of containers.

Why do we fund this investment?

Being a logistical hub, the port has an important economic role for Togo and the countries surrounding it. It stimulates regional transport while, being a state of the art port in West-Africa, it also functions as a role model for other port operators in the region.

Region
Africa
Country
Togo
Sector
Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Services
Effective date
8/11/2015
Total FMO financing
EUR 10.00 MLN
Funding
FMO NV
Risk categorization on environmental and social impacts, A = high risk, B+ = medium high risk, B = medium risk, C = low risk Environmental & Social Category
(A, B+, B or C)
A