Buba Mineral and Commercial Deep Water Port Construction and Concessioning Project

 This important project, funded by the African Development Bank, aims to define the technical, economical, financial and environmental aspects of the Buba Port feasibility, bearing in mind the future development of Guinea-Bissau. The final aim of the project is: 

• to establish the conditions to build and operate, through a successful PPP consortium contract, the Buba Port, a major infrastructure in Buba, aiming at enabling the mineral transport from the Boé region for exportation and enable the competitive transport of goods and;
• enable the conditions to establish a critical mass of engineering, economics and innovation competence that will leverage Bissau Guinean capability to manage from the government, as a proficient authority, the second, third and fourth phases of the programme: the construction, the commissioning and overall infrastructure operations.

The Preliminary architecture and engineering Design of all the related constructions work, will comprise:

a)     Draft design of the logistic chain;

b)     Hydrodynamic model setup and modelling, flood modelling, precipitation under climate change scenarios, flooding risk maps, sediment transport processes, dredging works and disposal areas, transport, and dispersion of pollutants;

c)     Preliminary design of rail and road corridor;

d)     Port Infrastructure: Preliminary design of stacking or storage areas, special warehouse, port reception, customs inspection, container freight station, oil terminal, warehousing facilities, transport hub, other eventual facilities (hotels, restaurants, restrooms and eateries for the port visitors, medical facilities).

The Private-Public Partnership Structuring will integrate:

a)     Establishment of SLA (Service Level Agreement) and timespan of the several infrastructures;

b)     Identification of legal, economic, and operational restrictions;

c)     Financial Viability of the Project, including a sensitivity and risk analysis. 

It is essential for the sustainability of the project that this important infrastructure for Guinea-Bissau, the undisputed engine of economic development, is able to develop and live in a sustainable way with the very sensitive environment where it will be built in.

The planned Buba Port will not only reinforce the international trade in goods between Western Africa and other regions of the world, but will also promote the creation of an integrated railway, roadway and a new development pole axis, with cross-border benefits.