Beninese Ports Operations and Handling Company

Geographic Location

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Societe Beninoise des Manutentions Portuaires (the Beninese Ports Operations and Handling Company) is the company towards which you steer your vessel as you enter the Cotonou Port or Airport.

SOBEMAP was established in 1969 with a capital of 1.764.000 FF. The company oversees all handling and operation services (on and off shore), customs formality and other activities at the Cotonou Port.

  The objective of SOBEMAP is to make Cotonou Port the greatest of all the small ports in the sub-region, and the fastest and most effective goods transit route, by offering the best services at the lowest cost in the shortest time, under the best conditions in the sub-region.

  To achieve its goal, SOBEMAP operates round the clock (24 hours), has a large pool of regularly updated stevedoring equipment, a modern garage in which to service the equipment, and a qualified, experienced and dynamic staff.  

SOBEMAP in fact represents:

  • 30 years of operations, expertise and exposure
  • A unique experience in Benin and indeed in the West African sub-region.
  • A constant reference point, an impeccable model, and a success story.  

The Managing Director:      Bernard AMOUSSOU SOSSOU
 



Stevoring shore (conventionals Roll in / Roll off, containers, bulk carriers etc..

The Transhipment (Shore - ashore - shore)

Stevedoring - ashore

The receipt, the goods custody and delivery

The positioning, the stripping (unstuffing), the consolidation and deconsolidation of containers

Hiring (machines and manpower)

Transit (Port and Airport)

The cleaning of containers ans small repairing of containers


We therefore invite you to discover our company through 

Its ASSETS    Its Expertise
Up-to-date equipment  adapted to technological development All areas of cargo-handling operations
Large storage infrastructure  Off-shore cargo handling operations 
A pool of modern stevedoring equipment for  each operation On-shore cargo handling operations
Partnership agreement options   Transhipment services
An efficient quality control system   Reception, security and delivery of goods
A solid organisational structure  Labour and equipment hire
An open and solid information system   Cleaning and repairs of containers
Port and Airport transit services

 

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

 

Cotonou is the capital of BENIN, which is a beautiful country on the West African Coast of Africa with an exceptionally strategic geographical location due to the fact that it shares a border with NIGERIA, TOGO, BURKINA FASO, and NIGER. Benin is also easily accessible from MALI and CHAD, and is thus the preferred partner for easy shuttling within an economic sub-region of over 146,530,000 inhabitants.

Please note as you navigate towards SOBEMAP, that your rudder chose the best Port Services company and accredited Customs Agency to usher you into the Cotonou Port or Airport.

 

SOBEMAP in fact represents:

Come along with us as we discover SOBEMAP

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