Africa-Press – Cape verde. The cruise terminal of São Vicente should be completed in the month of October, but the president of the board of directors of Enapor denies delays in the work, which “have been at a good pace”.
What occurred, explained this Friday Ireneu Camacho, in a press conference in Mindelo, was the need to include, with the work in progress, the new “Onshore Power Supply” project to provide, as early as October, clean energy to the cruise ships that dock in this same terminal.
Therefore, it sumctitised this “small extension of the deadline” for October was due to the inclusion of a “great project” that will completely transform the new terminal.
“This will significantly reduce carbon emissions in our ports and improve air quality in port and city, i.e. this project will comply with the regulatory framework, will comply with the Paris Agreement, based on the Marpol 73 and 78 Convention, the European Union directives related to ports and the climate initiative that exists throughout the world,” the source said.
Parallel to the construction of the terminal, Irenaeu Camacho emphasized that Enapor is working on a destination development plan, with participation in several international fairs to promote the Cape Verde destination.
“At the moment we are working together with Macaronesia, Madeira Islands, the Azores, the Canary Islands and Tenerife, on a new itinerary that will also include Cape Verde,” emphasized the same source, who also indicated, within this strategy, the negotiation to finalize the hiring of Global Port, to help promote the Cape Verde destination and the destination São Vicente.
“I believe that all these events, this participation in the fairs, to sell the Cape Verde destination very well, has helped a lot for the growth of cruise ships and also for the number of cruise passengers in our ports,” he concluded.
The ports of Cape Verde recorded in the first half of 2024 an increase of around 71 % in the level of cruise ship traffic compared to 2023 in cruise passengers by around 9 %.
The works of the terminal continue, and, as a whole, the construction works involved the conquest of a land, called “Terrestrial Bridge”, with 2,700 square meters, the dredging of approximately 124,000 cubic meters in the port basin and in the access channel, and the rehabilitation of the quay number 09, which will serve small recreational ships.
The works are being executed by the Luso-cabo-verdiano consortium consisting of the companies Mota-Engil – Engenharia e Construção, SA and Empreitel Figueiredo, SA, and the project is co-financed in 29 million euros by the Government of Cape Verde, ORIO Fund, of the Netherlands, and the OPEC Fund (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) for International Development.
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