Reunion transhipment uptick

The port authority on the
island of Reunion is well on
its way to establishing the
port as an Indian Ocean
hub, with transhipments
having increased by 200%
in the past year.
According to Henri
Dupuis, director of sales
and operations at the
Port of Reunion, the port
received 74 000 TEUs of
transhipment cargo in
the past financial year, a
whopping 200% increase
on the previous year.
“A total of 324 600 TEUs
was handled at the port
including the transhipments
in 2016,” said Dupuis.
This was the result of
ongoing efforts by the
French state-owned port,
authority to develop the
island as a transhipment
hub since it was the closest
low risk zone between Asia
and sub-Saharan Africa, he
added.
Dupuis said it offered
extremely good transit
times between Africa and
Asia and was only 16 days’
sailing from China and four
from South Africa and East
Africa.