{"id":1387,"date":"2019-04-15T18:41:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T16:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=1387"},"modified":"2024-08-05T16:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T14:49:28","slug":"port-of-cotonou","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/references\/port-of-cotonou\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Cotonou"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#e20025;--awb-font-size:20px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:20;--minFontSize:20;line-height:1;\"><h2><strong>Benin<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #004489;\">The capacity of the port of Cotonou, often described as the \u201ceconomic lungs of Benin\u201d, was increased under programme designed to boost access to the country\u2019s market. As part of the extension project, Soletanche Bachy was awarded a contract in August 2009 to design and build a 660 metre long quay with a draft of 15 metres. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #004489;\">Carried out by a joint venture that also included Sogea-Satom and Dredging International, work on the south quay, like that on the north quay, consisted in building two parallel diaphragm walls connected by a layer of tie rods,followed by general earthworks, civil engineering, quay equipment (apart from rolling stock) and dredging.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #004489;\"><strong> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1732\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2734%27%20height%3D%2712%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2034%2012%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2734%27%20height%3D%2712%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/puce-logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"12\" \/> Owners<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #004489;\">Port Autonome de Cotonou<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #004489;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-1732\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2734%27%20height%3D%2712%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2034%2012%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2734%27%20height%3D%2712%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/puce-logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"12\" \/> Main contractor<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #004489;\">Soletanche Bachy International \u2013 Sogea-Satom \u2013 Dredging International joint venture<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1402,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[36,30],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1387","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-africa","portfolio_category-benin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/1387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4065,"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/1387\/revisions\/4065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forshore-ports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}