Benin benefits from a number of facilities to sustain investments and make commercial exchanges with other parts of the world.
The port facilities
Placed fifth port of West Africa, The Cotonou deep water Port has a receiving capacity of 2 millions tons as well as eleven berths allowing to host ships, container carriers, roll-on roll-off ships tankers, etc…
The handling sector is deregulated and international companies such as Maersk-Line and SDV-Sbem are in charge of it.
Customs clearance computerisation and the unique front office speed up procedures.
The Cotonou port fully play its part of making the sea accessible to hinterland countries (Mali – Burkina Faso – Niger).
The Airport facilities
- At the Cotonou International Airport there is a 2,400 m long covered runaway equipped with ILS/DME and many other facilities.
- At the Cotonou International Airport there is an efficient public connection with major international cities maintain by renowned Airline Companies.
The road network
In Benin there is a road network rapidly growing and linking, on the one hand, the « Atlantique » to hinterland countries (Mali – Burkina Faso – Niger), and on the other hand, neighbouring countries capital cities, Lomé (Togo) and Lagos (Nigeria).
Railways
The railways network is 800 km long between Benin and Niger with a goods capacity of about 600.000 tonnes a year.
Telecommunications
Telecommunication in the country are state-of-the-art with online communication made available by the unlimited internet and optic fibre links as well as satellites liaisons.
Mobile phone network is growing rapidly with four GSM networks which have signed roaming agreements contracts with major international phone companies.
