Transport ferroviaire: vers un partenariat

Article Abstract:

Created in 1959, the OCBN, the communal organisation of Benin and Niger, guarantees the railway link between North and South Benin via a 438km line. In the beginning, the company intended to assure the service from Niamey in Niger, however due to a lack of resources, this was never achieved. The Nigerian government is still a shareholder in the company. In 1991, the OCBN received aid worth CFA Fr 3bn from the Agence Fran aise de D veloppement to stop the decline of the company following several years of difficulties caused by a fall in the level of both passenger and goods transport. The aid was accompanied by 400 job losses, and the closure of two non-profitable coastal lines. However, the company does not have the funds to renew its rolling stock. Only 4 locomotives in 12 actually function, and some of the 300 goods wagons are immobilised while they wait for spare parts. In addition to this, tribunals have resulted in the company being obliged to reinstate some of the sacked employees. In the future, the OCBN intends to reduce its debt, and to establish partnerships with its clients and suppliers.

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France: OCBN, communal org Benin & Niger, France, guarantees railway link between North & South Benin via a 438km line

Publisher: Morceux
Publication Name: Marches Tropicaux & Mediterraneens
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0025-2859
Year: 1998
Strategy & planning

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Gabon Les transports ferroviaire et terrestre

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OCTRA, the Transgabon railroad office, is to be privatised in 1998 or 1999. This public company has been undergoing restructuring since March 1997, which has resulted in the OCTRA's good results in 1997 - a turnover of CFA Fr 25 bn, up 19% from 1996. This restructuring also provided for the acquisition of new rolling stock. It purchased 12 locomotives and 370 wagons from Alstom for CFA 4.2bn, and it has bought 14 carriages from the SNCF, while 18 wagons were renovated during 1997. Passenger transport dropped 8% between 1996 and 1997. Freight traffic shows wide disparities, with a 5% drop in oil product transport, but a 1.2% rise in for log transport (28% of the volume of goods transport, and a 2.1% rise in manganese transport, which represents 65% of the total volume. In terms of Octra's privatisation, the technical offers presented by the Gabon-Rail and Transgabonais consortiums have been selected.

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Is to be privatized in 1998 or 1999, & has been undergoing restructuring since 3/97

Publisher: Morceux
Publication Name: Marches Tropicaux & Mediterraneens
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0025-2859
Year: 1998
Organizational history, OCTRA

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