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REPUBLIC OF CONGO
    
       
General
Information
Capital : Brazzaville; Currency : CFA Franc; Dialling Code : 242

Public Holidays: New Year - Youth Festival (11February) - Labour Day (1 May) - Independence Day (20 May).
Public Holidays: New Year; Labour Day; Independence Day (15 August); All Saints Day (1 November); Christmas Day; New Year's Eve (31 December). There is no work on these days.
    
       
Relevant
Addresses
S.E. Monsieur le Ministre des Transports, de l'Aviation
Civile, chargé de la Marine Marchande Président de la 10ème Conférence
B.P. 2148 BRAZZAVILLE République du Congo
Fax : (242) 81 10 60
Tél. : (242) 81 10 70
Monsieur le Directeur Général du Conseil Congolais des Chargeurs (CCC)
B.P. 1107 POINTE-NOIRE République du Congo
Tél. : (242) 53 21 04
   
       
Port
Information
Pointe Noire

Port Authority: Agence trans-congolaise de Communications, Direction du Port de Pointe Noire, PO Box 711 Pointe Noire - Congo.
Tel.: 940052 - Fax: 940042 Telex: 8318 KG Officials: Port Managing Director, Port Captain - Tel.: 940050. Airport: Agosthino Neto : 5 km from port.

Location: The port of Pointe Noire, the only sea port of the Republic of Congo, is located on the western coastline of Africa 150 km N of the River Congo mouth. It is an external port built over the sea south of the bay of Pointe Noire Natural cape. It is reinforced and prolonged by an artificial breakwater. It is the natural sea outlet with major communications links for Equatorial Africa which stretches from Pointe Noire to Bangui and Ndjamena by using the railway (Congo Ocean Railway), the waterways (Basin of Congo-Oubangui-Sangha), part of the central african, chadian, Gabonese and Angolan network.
    
       
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