Djibouti commissions $590m multipurpose port

Djibouti has commissioned its $590 state-of-the-art Doraleh multipurpose port, at a time when fellow East African nations Kenya and Tanzania are investing heavily in port expansion in a bid to become the region's shipping hub. The new port, which occupies a 690 ha site, comprises 15 berths that are 1 200 m long, with its other facilities including container terminals, general cargo yards, bulk terminals, vehicles yards and a storage area for solid fuels such as steam coal and pet coke.