STORY: Chinese company hands over 2nd phase of deep seaport to Cameroon
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 21, 2025
DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2025
LENGTH: 00:02:19
LOCATION: Yaounde
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the handover ceremony
2. various of the Kribi Deep Seaport
3. SOUNDBITE (English): PATRICE MELOM, General manager of Port Authority of Kribi
4. various of the Kribi Deep Seaport

STORYLINE:

China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) on Friday handed over the second phase of the Kribi Deep Seaport to authorities in southern Cameroon.
   
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Patrice Melom, general manager of the Port Authority of Kribi (PAK), said the completion of the second phase will significantly improve the efficiency of the port.
   
"PAK has grown. In the first phase, we had only 615 meters. Now, we have grown to 715 meters. That will permit us to handle more traffic on our port," Melom said while commending CHEC for "good collaboration and flexibility" during the construction.

SOUNDBITE (English): PATRICE MELOM, General manager of Port Authority of Kribi
"Progressively, we are being industrialized. And I can tell you also that the main project we have now is to be the industrial zone, within the area of 2,000 hectares."
   
In 2018, CHEC completed the port's first phase, which stimulated the country's economy. The construction of the port's second phase started in 2019.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yaounde.
(XHTV)