Rio Tinto and the Malagasy state have financed the construction of Port d’Ehoala respectively at up to US $ 240 millions for Rio Tinto and US $35 millions for the Malagasy State through the Anosy Integrated Growth Pole (IGP), a World Bank-funded project. The new Port d'Ehoala in Fort Dauphin is used by Rio Tinto QMM to export the product of mining. As a public service, this new port also improves accessibility in the Anosy Region, opening up economic development opportunities in the region and in the context of globalization.
To be is to be connected
The strategic position of the port will open Madagascar to the world : on the regional level, it will integrate the traffic servicing the Indian Ocean, and on the international level, owing to position between Africa and Asia, it will promote new maritime traffics in both ways.
Port d’Ehoala attracts regional & international vessels and new investors thanks to:
its technical features: deep-water port (15.75 meters) with a breakwater of 625 meters, its security standards ISPS (International Ship and Port Security),
its 400 ha industrial zone,
the availability of water and electricity,
its international standards,
its private management.
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