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Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port, Djibouti

A view of the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port in Djibouti. [Photo/cri.cn]

The Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port in Djibouti, constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corp and partially owned and operated by DP World and China Merchants Holdings, opened on May 24, 2017.

The port, with a contract amount of $421.7 million and a designed handling capacity of 7.08 million tons a year, is CSCEC's first hydraulic project in Africa. All the port's terminals have direct access to the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, which provides landlocked Ethiopia with access to the sea.