food festival, caudan+ port louis


Silos of Les Moulins de la Mauritius Port Authority (MPA) is the sole national port authority set up under the Ports Act 1998 to regulate and control the port sector. The MPA is a landlord port authority, providing the main port infrastructure and superstructure, together with related facilities. It also provides marine services and navigation aids, while it regulates and controls all port activities and environmental issues within the designated port areas. One of the tasks of the MPA is to prepare and periodically update a Port Master Plan. Port Louis Harbour has experienced significant changes in traffic patterns over the last few years, being the result of major developments which have been undertaken in the different sectors of the country’s economy and also due to the rapidly evolving global trading environment. In the decade 1980-90 the port was transformed from a lighterage port to one with deepwater alongside facilities for general cargo and container vessels. At the same time new operational handling systems were introduced. The focus was mainly on rationalisation of cargo handling operations, the creation of the Cargo Handling Corporation Ltd in 1983, the commissioning of the first comprehensive Port Master Plan in 1984 and its subsequent updating in 1989 as a result of major economic development of the country and the construction of the Trou Fanfaron Fishing Port in 1985 and its extension in 1990. Attention continued to be focused on improving port operations efficiency and upgrading of marine facilities with the enlargement of the turning basin and acquisition of harbour and deep-sea Louis Between 1990 and 2000 continued port development culminated with the commissioning of a new container terminal — the Mauritius Container Terminal (MCT) in Mer Rouge (within Port Louis Harbour). This important development saw the transformation of Port Louis Harbour into a modern regional gateway. Principal achievements during the period were


Size: 6229px × 4153px
Location: Port- louis
Photo credit: © alberto / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 2, 3, 1990, 2000, activities, agreements, ancillary, authority, berth, bulk, capitale., cargo, catering, caudan, caudan., cela, cest, chalain, change, companies, construction, containers, continued, controls, cranes, culminated, daccueillir, de, dedicated, development, developments, donnons, dry, du, encore, environmentally, equipped, est, facilities., faire, festival, fishing, fois, food, general, growth, harbour, head, including, juin, la, le, les, liquid, louis, major, manner. 6., marine, marketing, mauriciens, mauritius, national, nous, nouveau, panamax, passenger, port, post, pour, pris, quay, recorded, regulates, related, rendez-vous, result, samedi, services, shipping, signed, sole, sound, sugar, tessa, traffic, transhipment, une, unprecedented, vendredi, vessels., vibrer, waterfront, à, éclare, éjouissons